Mr. Speaker, the former vice president and director general of the Canada Lands Company, Michel Couillard, stated in a letter filed in court that he had been under unbearable pressure from former minister Gagliano and his chief of staff, Jean-Marc Bard, to extend some of their friends' contracts, including that of Robert Charest.
Will the Deputy Prime Minister tell us what Robert Charest's duties and functions were at the Canada Lands Company?