Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of International Trade.
Last month the minister had the honour of having a research centre in Israel named after him. I am sure it is only a coincidence but only two days before the announcement of the naming of the Art Eggleton Centre of Molecular Medicine Research, a biotechnology centre, his department announced a grant of $3 million for biotechnology research in Israel.
Is the minister purchasing personal monuments with Canadian taxpayers' dollars?