Mr. Speaker, it is alleged that, during the 1997 election campaign, the Minister for International Trade, through his chief organizer, Jacques Lamoureux, accepted $10,000 in cash and the use of a chauffeur driven car, which do not appear on his election report, as prescribed by the Canada Elections Act.
Members may remember that Marcel Masse had to leave cabinet in 1985 under similar circumstances.
Does the Prime Minister not consider that the Minister for International Trade is now finding himself in a similar situation and should therefore resign?