Mr. Speaker, here is a fact. Yesterday the former owner of a hotel in the Prime Minister's riding was convicted of income tax evasion. It turns out that Pierre Thibault failed to pay tax on $960,000 but not to worry, while he was under investigation for this tax fraud, the Prime Minister intervened to get him an HRDC grant and the Business Development Bank loan.
The question for the industry minister is this. Will he now launch an investigation into the goings on at the Business Development Bank and will he specifically ask why is it that when the Prime Minister intervenes, the pennies simply fall from heaven?