Mr. Speaker, the member knows that it was a donation to his campaign.
Last year we learned that the son of ex-minister Gagliano was the director of marketing for a company that was working for Groupaction and Groupe Everest, the two biggest recipients of federal sponsorship contracts. The government's handpicked ethics lapdog accepted that this was simply coincidence. This matter needs to be re-opened.
Will the minister ask the auditor general to investigate whether any favouritism was shown to Groupaction and Groupe Everest--