Mr. Speaker, the minister keeps talking about a higher standard of ethics. Let us see how it fares.
In 2002, the national defence minister had to step down from the Liberal cabinet for giving his ex-girlfriend a $36,500 contract. That same year, the solicitor general had to step down from the Liberal cabinet for awarding a $6.5-million contract to a college presided by his brother.
Shares in Morneau Shepell, including the one million or two million shares held by the Minister of Finance, went up by nearly 5% after Bill C-27 was introduced.
How can he deny that this is a conflict of interest? What is his definition of—