Mr. Speaker, the solicitor general now is following precisely the Shawinigate playbook on dealing with government agencies.
The Prime Minister saw nothing wrong in calling the president of the BDC. Now the solicitor general is discussing directly with the commissioner of the RCMP a $3.5 million grant application filed by the minister's brother. This is a clear violation of section 23 of the conflict of interest code.
Will the Deputy Prime Minister tell us, has the ethics counsellor been asked for a ruling on this conflict?