Mr. Speaker, I said that the Prime Minister was involved and I will explain further.
The human resources minister's staff was concerned because the Prime Minister's announcements were forcing them to break the rules. Robert Thériault wrote that it was a difficult decision since they departed from regional guidelines. He said that they would have liked to have given another answer but that he had no choice. He had no choice because the Prime Minister promised the promoters this pot of cash. The HRD minister got the marching orders.
Why does the Prime Minister equate fudging the numbers or skirting the rules with being a good member of parliament?