Mr. Speaker, yesterday, referring to the maritime helicopter project, the Deputy Prime Minister said “There are lots of ways procurements get jiggled around”.
An e-mail was sent on April 3, 2001, to Jean Pelletier, Eddie Goldenberg, Herb Gray and Alphonso Gagliano by Canada's ambassador to France, Raymond Chrétien. Mr. Chrétien outlined changes to the procurement process that would benefit the French bidder, Eurocopter.
Could the acting Prime Minister tell the House why Mr. Chrétien sent his e-mail to his uncle's office and not to the Department of National Defence? Is that what the Deputy Prime Minister meant by jiggling procurements?