Mr. Speaker, maybe the member for Saint—Maurice can help us understand how it is that such an extraordinary grant was given to a hotel chain in his riding. The $600,000 used came from the employment insurance fund. This is money that was contributed by workers and small businesses together for the purposes of employment insurance and used by the Prime Minister in his riding to help a hotel chain. How could this happen?
In the House of Commons on October 6th, 1997. See this statement in context.