Mr. Speaker, the heritage minister claims that he learned of the takeover of MCA by Seagram only after getting off the plane in Los Angeles, adding that the transaction was highly secretive, when there had been reports about the imminent takeover of MCA by Seagram for weeks.
How can the Minister of Canadian Heritage explain his travelling incognito to Los Angeles accompanied only by his chief of staff, without being given the usual pre-trip briefing that department officials always give their ministers before a trip abroad?