Mr. Speaker, this version is in total contradiction to the one he wrote to his supporters. He is getting tangled up in his contradictory versions.
He also says he is the one who recalled Canada's ambassador to Denmark, Alfonso Gagliano. That is his version. Yet he told the Gomery inquiry, in response to a question from Mr. Gagliano's lawyer, “Mr. Fournier, we never judged Mr. Gagliano”. He went on, “and it was a recommendation from the minister that I endorsed, but we never judged Mr. Gagliano”.
How can he state now that he fired him and recalled him from Denmark because of the sponsorship scandal? When is he telling the truth: before Justice Gomery or before this House? And when is he lying?