Mr. Speaker, more seriously than the minister, is it not true that the only reason two ministers did not end up in Toronto was the pressure exerted by the mayor of Quebec City, by the Secretary of State for Regional Development, Quebec, the member for Outremont, and finally, at the last moment, by the Prime Minister's chief of staff, Jean Pelletier, following a call from the member for Outremont to get Mr. Pelletier, the former mayor of Quebec City, to act.
Is this not what happened. Can the Prime Minister deny it?