Mr. Speaker, that is a nice try but she wrote a letter that was simply not true. The deputy minister already had signing authority, and we know that. What we are concerned about is actual approval authority. The minister remained the only person who could actually approve those grants to her riding, yet she tried to blame it on her deputy.
The minister said that her letter delegated approval authority to her deputy minister. It did not. How long does the minister think this trick can last?