Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that the parliamentary secretary is not answering the question because he does not know the answer. Perhaps the Prime Minister can answer.
On March 21 the Minister for International Trade told the House that the EDC works at arm's length from the Government of Canada, and yet on June 8, 1998, Ian Gillespie, the president of the EDC, wrote a letter to the former Minister for International Trade recommending who should conduct an independent review of the EDC. If the EDC is truly independent and at arm's length from the government, why is the EDC's chairman telling the government who to appoint in its review process?