Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is quite proud of his relationship with the Ottawa lobbyist firm Earnscliffe. They made him Prime Minister and he repays them with taxpayer funded contracts.
Earnscliffe was just given $160,000 to advise the health department on reforming health care. Earnscliffe, however, is also contracted to do business with private firms promoting privatization of health care.
Why does the Prime Minister think that awarding contracts to his friends at Earnscliffe will promote the public interest when they are clearly working against the public good?