Mr. Speaker, when it comes to information of that importance, particularly when it involves the Prime Minister, who was led to make erroneous statements twice, including before this House, the first thing that a government would normally do—not just blame the minister responsible and try to get rid of him—is to check with the Clerk of the Privy Council. This kind of information gets there under any circumstances.
Is the Deputy Prime Minister telling us that neither he nor someone in his entourage ever tried to check when that information reached the deputy minister of the Prime Minister?