Stephen Harper demanded to know who in Paul Martin's office called the former public works minister about a sponsorship file. In the Commons October 19th, the Conservative leader accused Martin of direct involvement in the sponsorship affair. Harper said testimony showed that when Martin was finance minister, his office called about a sponsorship opportunity proposed by a Martin fundraiser.

Date: 2004-10-19
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 19 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << no amount of rhetoric is going to avoid what is obvious and that is the prime minister refusing to answer questions on his own car. I'll tell you why I do I think the Prime Minister doesn't want to answer about who made these called I think the Prime Minister made these calls himself >>

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