Mr. Speaker, the question remains: Was he at the table when the decision was made to deny compensation to the pre-1986 victims of tainted blood? That is the first question.
The second question is this. I think Canadians want to get to the bottom of this as does the Prime Minister and the minister himself. Would the Prime Minister ask the ethics counsellor, Howard Wilson, to investigate this matter and report back to parliament, not to the Prime Minister, and clear the air on this once and for all?