Mr. Speaker, in defence of his actions in the Grand-Mère golf course affair, the Prime Minister says that his shares were sold in 1993.
But the ethics counsellor said “In January 1996, we both discussed this, because at that time he was not receiving any money and wanted to know what his options were”.
How does the Prime Minister explain that, in January 1996, he was looking at his options in connection with the golf course, and that, four months later, he contacted the president of the Business Development Bank of Canada so that a loan would be approved for the Auberge Grand-Mère?