Mr. Speaker, what is wrong is the way this government tries to do business.
The Prime Minister has been in trouble in the past for making deals with unregistered lobbyists. I am sure we all remember Réne Fugère. Mr. Riopelle, a mutual friend of Pierre Bourque and the Prime Minister, did not register Bourque as a client when he lobbied the ministers to approve this scam. Failing to register a client can cost a lobbyist steep fines and up to two years in jail.
How can the Prime Minister explain his involvement in yet another shady, unregistered lobby deal?