Mr. Speaker, several weeks ago the government spin doctors circulated passages of the fictitious novel On the Take to refute allegations that the solicitor general had done something wrong.
I would therefore like to cite page 303 of the new book Presumed Guilty by William Kaplan. In it the Prime Minister allegedly discussed Airbus and mused about a royal commission with an Ottawa businessman in the summer of 1995. This was several months before the Prime Minister claimed that he learned of the investigation.
Will the Prime Minister confirm or deny that this particular conversation took place?