Mr. Speaker, I would like to quote a former minister of the Liberal government, Jean Lapierre.
This morning he said that, after hearing the CBC report and reading the article in La Presse, he had to admit did not see a smoking gun and did not see a scandal.
He added that, in his political experience, dating back to 1974, any citizen can make a request to the prime minister's office, who may then forward it to the minister involved, that it is not a privilege to have a meeting and that any citizen has the right to be heard.
He also added that in his day, under the same circumstances, he would have—