Mr. Speaker, finally the industry minister has released a statement in which he admits he was wrong. He also said in the statement that he immediately went to the ethics counsellor when he was dealing with an Irving file, but that is not true.
The industry minister was appointed in January 2002. He did not contact the ethics counsellor until the end of May 2002.
My question for the industry minister is simple. Why did he wait five full months before he contacted the ethics counsellor?