Mr. Speaker, when was the action taken? The action was taken almost six years later when it was exposed in public.
The minister knew back in 1996 about Groupaction and the $330,000 for work that was never asked for and work that was never done. The Liberal policy is to find friends, give them a juicy contract and then get some money back.
Why did the minister not act back in 1996? This is 2002. That is a long time not to act?