Mr. Speaker, it wears thin. I am sure hon. ministers have been saying that for 21 years now and we know who was in power then.
There is a cast of thousands involved here. Even the current HRD minister had her hand in this pie when she was at Indian affairs. She wrote a letter approving $200,000 in funding to that sawmill right around the same time.
It was René Fugère who had the magic touch. HRD officials said they had no money for any project, until they realized that Mr. Fugère was involved.
Why is there one set of rules for the Prime Minister's friends and another for every other Canadian?