Mr. Speaker, in order to ensure that this year's $750,000 sponsorship of the Canadian Grand Prix provided all of the visibility the federal government desired, Media IDA Vision received $22,500. This is what Grand Prix president Normand Legault confirmed yesterday, when he said “it is never the federal government that issues the cheques, it is an agency, but beforehand, we deal with public servants”.
Given that the Grand Prix does business directly with public servants, can the Minister of Public Works and Government Services tell us why Armada made a $90,000 commission in 2002-2003?