Mr. Speaker, the minister maintains that this visit had been carefully organized. If that is the case, could he tell us how he can continue to maintain in earnest that he knew nothing about this transaction until he got off the plane in Los angeles, when every major daily newspaper in Canada was reporting that a deal was imminent, as was confirmed by Mr. Bronfman himself the day before the minister arrived incognito in Los Angeles?
In the House of Commons on May 1st, 1995. See this statement in context.