Mr. Speaker, I do not know if my hon. colleague has been checking out the audit in the Senate, but we will continue on.
When the news of Nigel Wright's $90,000 cheque was made public, the Prime Minister sent the member for Nepean—Carleton out to explain the Conservative government's position. He said that the cheque was issued “Because we didn’t believe taxpayers should have to pay the cost and Mr. Duffy was not in a position to pay them himself”.
Again, who is the “we” that was involved in the decision and how did they know Mike Duffy was claiming that he was unable to pay back the taxpayer?