Mr. Speaker, it seems there is no price too high to pay, or at least lobby for, if you are a friend of the Prime Minister.
Pierre Bourque, a close personal friend of the Prime Minister, has found himself in financial trouble. He came up with a plan to have the government buy his $50 million building in Hull for $78 million. Taxpayers expected the Prime Minister to say no. However, for golf buddies, ethics are merely an obstacle. Instead, the PM put his chief of staff to work convincing Treasury Board to pay up.
Why was the chief of staff to the Prime Minister lobbying to have taxpayers pay an inflated price for a building owned by a friend of the Prime Minister?