Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Frontenac—Mégantic.
My colleague from Rosemont, who is scheduled to speak immediately following me, is probably in a better position to answer that question.
However, I will take this opportunity to say that, in the case mentioned by the member, we know that a $165,000 grant that was supposed to go to Rosemont was transferred to Shawinigan.
When we started asking questions in the House, the minister immediately launched an investigation. Another investigation by someone from Toronto, whom she probably knew very well. Perhaps it was a friend of the government, who knows? In any event, a week later, this person asked that the matter be referred to the RCMP. Now the Rosemont affair is in the hands of the RCMP.
When we asked other questions concerning Mr. Fugère, the Prime Minister said that, as soon as he became aware of the situation, as soon as his office became aware of it, he referred the matter to the RCMP and that an investigation was underway.
My question is the following: Why was Placeteco not under investigation? Or why was Placeteco put under investigation last Friday, if departmental officials could not give us an answer? Since the minister knows nothing about what is going on in her department, she did not know that it was under investigation. She stopped the investigation so that, at 5.30 p.m., we could be told that there was no investigation.
There has to be an independent inquiry because we no longer trust any internal investigation this government may conduct. We trust even less calling on the RCMP, which is a way of covering up all the dirty dealings that are going on in that department.