Mr. Speaker, the program is one of the ways the government levers things from private companies, I will guarantee that.
We received, through access to information, a note from the office of the ethics counsellor reporting that the Industry Canada official in charge, Mr. Jeff Parker, phoned the ethics counsellor's office on March 18, stating that he was being lobbied by a member of Parliament about this file.
Which MP was lobbying the ministry on March 18 and why did Mr. Parker feel it was necessary to phone the ethics counsellor to report on it, unless there was a perceived or real conflict of interest?