Mr. Speaker, when the HRDC minister granted the $6 million to Iris Hosiery in Quebec, she did so even though the president of the Canadian apparel industry stated that this subsidy would jeopardize the level of competition in the industry.
Let us try to get this straight. HRDC subsidizes a company supposedly to create jobs even though it was told it would kill jobs in the same industry by driving competitors out of business. Was this done because Iris Hosiery was a large donator to the Liberal Party of Canada? What else is it?