Mr. Speaker, it has been said time and time again that there were no rules broken. This was handled in the proper fashion. As for the former air chief, all of the rules with respect to conflict of interest were followed. There was no lobbying done by that individual anywhere within the period of time.
Furthermore, this decision was taken about two years ago. In fact earlier this year the Reform Party had every opportunity to look at the records. It was offered to Reform members and they refused to do that. Instead they want to get up today and smear what is a very good deal that creates a lot of jobs in western Canada and saves the base—