Mr. Speaker, the confidentiality clause in the charter of client rights of the Business Development Bank states:
All information regarding [clients and their business] is strictly confidential, except when disclosure is permitted by law or approved by [the client] in writing.
The Prime Minister's executive assistant, Denise Tremblay, was present during the consideration by the BDC of at least two loan applications, one for the Auberge Grand-Mère, a second to the Auberge des Gouverneurs.
On whose authority was a personal representative of the Prime Minister present during those confidential discussions of loan applications by the Business Development Bank?