Questions continue to swirl around Parliament Hill as to whether former prime minister Brian Mulroney is a card-carrying member of the Conservative party.

Senior officials in the prime minister's office say he isn't.

The man himself says he is — and will "remain so until the day I die."

At one point, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was asked if he knew whether Mulroney is or is not a member of their party.

His response: "I'm the minister of citizenship and I know he's a citizen."

From the grumbling heard within Conservative ranks, some party members would have been thrilled if Kenny had added to that response "for now..."

— James Fitz-Morris