Mr. Speaker, we learned that, in 1997-98, another friend of the government, lawyer Richard Mongeau, now a judge, received $160,000 from the Canada Information Office, while working for the firm Administration Leduc et Leblanc, which was awarded a $50,000 contract without tender to provide communication services, after contributing $15,000 to the Liberal Party fund.
Could the minister tell us why Richard Mongeau received that money? Is it as a political analyst, legal counsel or contributor to the party fund?