Mr. Speaker, we believe in supporting our softwood lumber industry, but rewarding Liberal friends is no way to do it.
The Prime Minister's deputy chief of staff, Ruth Thorkelson, got a $15,000 contract from the trade department, the same department she was lobbying.
What is more, André Albinati left the trade minister's office to become an Earnscliffe lobbyist. Only a week later, $800,000 followed him to the Prime Minister's favourite lobby firm.
Why are the Prime Minister's cronies making big bucks at the expense of our softwood lumber industry?