Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is still trying to dispute the old headline in the 1993 election “Elect Me and I will be Santa Claus”. The facts stand for themselves.
The Grand-Mère hotel gets $100,000 in federal government grants. The Grand-Mère hotel then turns over more than $11,000 to the person who represents the Prime Minister at the press conference to announce that very grant, the same guy who is under investigation for three other grants that he obtained illegally because he is not a registered lobbyist.
The Prime Minister is well aware of the pattern that is developing. There is a new one every week. Why is it that he finds it so hard to step in and stop what is going on in Shawinigan?