Mr. Speaker, in the riding of the minister of Indian affairs there is a different definition of the winning conditions. If people donate to the minister's campaign they win big. If they are members of the Liberal executive and donate to his campaign, the rules will be bent to ensure that they win big.
Businesses in his riding donated just over $16,000 to the 1997 election campaign. That is a fair amount of money, but the return on the investment was a staggering $2.5 million. Why does the Indian affairs minister think that it is okay to repay the generosity of private donors with public funds?