Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to see the Minister of Transport taking part so actively in this debate on an opposition motion brought forward by the Bloc Quebecois. Our party is very concerned about the merger of two major carriers that are about to be swallowed up by Onex.
Yesterday, during question period, in response to a question put by the hon. member for Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans, the transport minister said that Marc Lalonde works for Air Canada. Today, Michel C. Auger maintains that the transport minister is working full time for his friends from Onex, who are being very generous toward his political party.
I want to ask my Reform colleague if he also believes that the transport minister has put his cards on the table and is not on the payroll of Onex.