Mr. Speaker, it is the taxpayers who are concerned about where their money is being spent.
We know there was a meeting on September 2 involving a top local HRD official, the minister's own assistant and the Prime Minister's assistant. We know they met to give funding to Les Confections Saint-Élie, which had fallen 25% short of its job creation commitments as required under the TJF.
Why did the minister and the Prime Minister pressure the local HRD official to make a payment contrary to the signed TJF agreement?