Mr. Speaker, surely the minister does not expect us to believe that he has not heard of René Fugère lately. His name has been in the papers every day. We have talked about him every day in this place. He should have some sense that Mr. Fugère has been very involved with his department in the last little while; in fact, in both of the departments he has overseen in the last little while.
Given that this man has been involved in an RCMP investigation and that Champagne has been involved in an investigation about an illegal trust fund, why is it that these people can come to his department, no matter which department it is, and wring taxpayers' money of his pocket?