Mr. Speaker, on May 31, the Minister of Public Works and Government Services gave the following answer in the House to a question by a Conservative MP:
Mr. Speaker, once again the hon. member's question and assertion are totally false. There was no deal—
However, at the same time, the government and Jean Chrétien's lawyers had signed a letter.
Why then did the Minister of Public Works and Government Services hide this information from the House by pretending that this letter was not a deal, not an agreement? Was it not his duty to clarify the situation, as we had asked him to do here in the House?