Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Minister for International Trade said that he had had very good conversations with his deputy minister, that he had every confidence, and that he wanted to reassure the House.
The minister must also have had some good conversations with his former deputy ministers at CIDA and Human Resources Development Canada. But we see nothing but disaster and scandal in his wake.
How can we believe the minister and have confidence in him when he has in his hands a budget of over $1 billion that is completely exempt from the Access to Information Act?