Mr. Speaker, after an investigation of Mr. Gagliano last May, the ethics counsellor described the rules for approving advertising contracts. He said “a recommendation. . .is submitted to the minister of the client department. . .for approval”. So it is the minister who approves.
Did the minister follow the rules and personally approve the awarding of six contracts worth $760,000 to Groupe Everest just days after he spent the weekend at the mansion owned by the president of Groupe Everest?