Mr. Speaker, the problem has been looked at by public servants who are responsible for an organization that did not come directly under the administration of the Minister of Finance. He had delegated this to his secretary of state. All applicable rules were followed. Moreover, inquiries were made of the ethics commissioner, whose response was that he had not been able to identify any conflict of interest.
In the House of Commons on September 18th, 2003. See this statement in context.