Mr. Speaker, in the matter of the fundraising dinners organized by the firm of the lobbyist Mr. Gervais, we discover that the Minister of Canadian Heritage has just contravened a directive from the Prime Minister aimed at avoiding any possible conflict of interest. This directive was given as the reason the Minister of International Trade declined to attend a fundraising dinner in Toronto last year.
My question is for the Prime Minister. How can the Prime Minister allow the Minister of Canadian Heritage to yet again contravene one of his directives on government ethics?