Mr. Speaker, Claude Gauthier and Transelec were awarded a CIDA contract in Mali just after Mr. Gauthier paid $525,000 to buy land at an inflated price from the Grand-Mère golf club in which the Prime Minister then had a financial interest.
CIDA had refused to pay Transelec for cost overruns. Now mysteriously it has changed its mind. That may mean another $1.3 million for the man who helped bail out the Grand-Mère golf club.
Why did CIDA change its position? Was Michel Beliveau, who now works for the Prime Minister, involved in those discussions?