Andrew Scheer says he did not shoot down a town hall question touching on the debunked and dangerous "pizzagate" conspiracy theory because he did not hear the reference.

The Conservative leader was grilled by a reporter Friday on an exchange from his event the night before in Kitchener, Ont.

A man in the audience criticized the Liberal government's spending with inaccurate figures, claiming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "gave $600 million to the Clinton Foundation," the charitable organization of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

In fact, Trudeau's government pledged $20 million over five years in 2017 to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to help women and girls in Nigeria have more access to sexual and reproductive health services.

Man falsely claimed Clinton Foundation is 'part of child trafficking'

"The Clinton Foundation is part of child trafficking and child sacrifice, if you study it," the man said. "It's in pizzagate. How do we get that money back?"

"Pizzagate" is a totally discredited smear from the 2016 U.S. presidential election that claimed Hillary Clinton and her campaign chairman were behind a child sex ring at Comet Ping Pong, a Washington pizza shop. A gunman opened fire on the restaurant that same year but did not hurt anyone. He was later sentenced to four years in prison.

Scheer told the man that he appreciated his "concerns," and that Trudeau has spent taxpayers money on his own personal projects.

He did not take the opportunity to dispel the myth that the Clinton Foundation is in any way linked to child trafficking.

"You mention the Clinton Foundation, you mention there are other examples where Justin Trudeau's government has given grants to hire people... groups that are advocating for their own particular ideology," Scheer said, accusing the government of supporting groups that oppose building pipelines.

Watch the exchange in the video below, starting at the 45:13 marker: