Mr. Speaker, earlier this month the Prime Minister appointed Ross Fitzpatrick to the Senate. Besides being a B.C. Liberal fundraiser and campaign chairman, Fitzpatrick once hired the Prime Minister to serve on the board of his company, Viceroy Resources.
Last week the Prime Minister told the House that he received no remuneration for that work. According to insider trading reports, Fitzpatrick gave the Prime Minister a sweetheart stock deal worth over $45,000.
How does the government explain the contradiction between what the Prime Minister said in the House last week and the insider trading reports?