Mr. Speaker, I want to return to a matter that was asked about earlier in question period.
On October 23 the Minister of Industry told the hon. member for St. John's West, regarding the fishing trip:
--as I have said, at the time this occurred I was minister of health and, for one reason or another, I did not perceive a conflict.
Could the Minister of Industry explain how, when he was health minister going to a fishing lodge owned by the Irving family with an Irving family member who was also a health lobbyist, it did not constitute a conflict of interest? How could he possibly believe that?