Mr. Speaker, that is not what it is all about. Creating jobs is not the issue here. The problem is dealing with a bunch of very suspicious characters in the Prime Minister's riding.
Pierre Thibault was one of the men the Prime Minister promised the money to. Mr. Thibault is a self-confessed embezzler and a suspect of ongoing criminal investigations.
René Fugère helped the Prime Minister broker that deal. He is under investigation by the RCMP for illegal lobbying. He has also received an $11,500 payback for arranging the last federal grant.
Why does the Prime Minister's definition of being a good member of parliament include making deals with criminals, suspected criminals, breaking the government's own grant rules and allowing paybacks to members of his own constituency association?