Mr. Speaker, there is nothing preventing them from doing that, not even dubious contracts. I would mention as an example the report on Pierre Elliott Trudeau and the articles praising federal programs in L'Almanach du peuple . It was for these articles that Groupaction, which has contributed $112,000 to the Liberal Party since 1998, received $250,000 in commissions. Groupe Polygone, whose vice-president of public affairs was the current minister of immigration, pocketed $2.3 million. Anything goes.
Will the Deputy Prime Minister admit that the government is very free with public money when it wants to promote federalism and that the friends of the party are doing very well as a result?