Mr. Speaker, by paying $75,000 for a coffee break and up to $1.5 million for the Prime Minister's reception, companies and CEOs will have access to the 34 heads of state present at the summit of the Americas in Quebec City, while civil society is excluded from the event and parliamentarians are not allowed to see the documents of the sectorial tables.
Is this not proof that the sponsorship system being promoted by summit organizers is slanted toward commercial priorities, to the detriment of all others?