Mr. Speaker, the minister has said that he sold some shares when he arrived in Ottawa. That was during that period of November and December.
I fail to understand the line of reasoning from the opposition. It is important to understand how the stock market works. I will just quote:
BMO chief economist Doug Porter said.... already-low oil prices dropped “heavily” that day [December 7]— by five per cent. He said that factor alone may have been responsible for much of the weakness in the market
There are many factors influencing the stock market. It is very hard to fathom that a public policy that had been public, that we said we would come to Ottawa to do, to raise taxes on personal income for the wealthiest 1%, would have an impact on any given stock.