Mr. Speaker, early in April, the Minister of Canadian Heritage made a discreet trip to Los Angeles, on the very day Seagram's took over MCA. He went to Los Angeles accompanied only by his executive assistant, without any senior officials and without any advance briefing by his department, which is customary prior to a minister's trip abroad.
My question is directed to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. How can he say he did not talk to the people at MCA and Seagram's in Los Angeles on April 10, when according to the Hollywood Reporter, he was MCA's guest of honour at a dinner the day after MCA was acquired by Seagram's?