Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear.
At no time did Mr. Jaffer ever speak to me about any commercial operation that he was involved with.
When allegations came forward to the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister did the ethical thing. He did the right thing. He immediately referred them to the RCMP so that it could make a determination of whether to conduct an investigation.
None of the allegations that were brought forward to the Prime Minister, once again, had anything to do with government business, and not a single dollar was ever paid to these individuals.