Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. According to the Globe and Mail , in 1990, while he was practising law, the Prime Minister advised the Matthews Group, a partner in the Pearson Development Corporation, on the privatization of Pearson Airport. This consortium is now demanding $440 million in compensation for the cancellation of the airport privatization contract.
Considering his previous professional relations with the Matthews Group, a partner in the Pearson Development Corporation, can the Prime Minister confirm that he has not taken part, since he was elected, in any Cabinet decision concerning the Pearson Airport nor been involved in any way in this issue, so as to avoid any apparent conflict of interest?