Mr. Speaker, given Agusta's involvement in dubious events in Belgium during negotiations for a similar helicopter contract, and given that the contract for the EH-101s was negotiated at the same time as the one that was the focus of the scandal in Belgium, how can the minister persist in his desire to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to Agusta, without a preliminary investigation?
In the House of Commons on November 21st, 1995. See this statement in context.