It is inconceivable to me, Senator LeBreton, that someone who is as experienced a businessman, as experienced an adviser as Nigel Wright, would have, without consulting anyone, without any kind of arrangements being made, reached into his pocket, pulled out his chequebook and written a cheque for $90,000 to someone who was in the situation I have described.
Il m'apparaît inconcevable, sénatrice LeBreton, qu'un homme d'affaires et conseiller aussi chevronné que Nigel Wright puisse avoir, de sa propre initiative et en l'absence de quelque arrangement que ce soit, sorti son chéquier pour verser personnellement 90 000 $ à quelqu'un qui se trouvait dans la situation que j'ai décrite.