Mr. Speaker, it is an insult to the House to suggest that my question is based on innuendo and not logic or fact. The fact is that every national newspaper in the country has reported on this, as well as the CBC program Disclosure .
There is no question that the finance minister at the time, the owner of Canada Steamship Lines, the member of Parliament for LaSalle—Émard, the next prime minister of Canada according to the Liberal Party, in fact used a tax loophole, one that he could have closed himself as finance minister. He kept that loophole open to suit his own needs, or in other words, to make his company more profitable. He exercised that loophole. It is a direct conflict of interest. He should not have been allowed to do that, nor should he be allowed to sail under what we call flags of convenience to avoid Canadian taxation and Canadian labour rules.