Mr. Speaker, in June of this year, when the member for LaSalle--Émard was still the principle owner of a company called Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering, that company received a technology partnerships Canada grant of $4.9 million.
Would the Minister of Industry please explain why he gave a multi-million dollar contract to a privately owned, profitable company, especially when the owner of that company, the shipping magnate from LaSalle--Émard, was still in control of his empire at that time?