Mr. Speaker, we do not know whether all seven new Senators, including Mr. Pratte and Mr. Harder, were on the final lists submitted by the advisory board to the Prime Minister.
If Mr. Pratte was on the list, the Quebec board has broken its requirements to only nominate qualified persons.
If any of the seven was not on the lists, then the Prime Minister has broken his promise to rely upon independent advice.
If there was any communication between the Prime Minister and the advisory board to smooth out these wrinkles, then talk of the advisory board being independent is a farce.
One of these three scenarios is what actually happened. Which one is it?