Mr. Speaker, I dare not describe the quality of this response. I will try again.
This same company also received attentive service from another close friend of the Prime Minister, the current Minister of Finance, who, in August 1995, arranged for a $50,000 contract to be awarded to Earnscliffe to conduct a survey in the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
Can the Minister of Finance deny that he too personally intervened to again favour Earnscliffe?