Mr. Speaker, he is a well-known, long-established Conservative and the minister knows it.
Yesterday, the Minister of Public Works said that no member of the government was being investigated by the RCMP. How could she know that? Has the RCMP briefed the Prime Minister?
The government House leader's parliamentary secretary says that they mean that the Mounties have not contacted any ministers. It is not the same thing.
Why did the Prime Minister not say that? Why could he not be straight with Canadians? Are the Conservatives in this deeper than they wish to admit?