Mr. Speaker, the member was talking about politics and partisanship rather than merit. The facts are that in targeted wage subsidy programs the average spending in cabinet ministers' ridings was $350,634. The average spending in a Liberal riding represented by a Liberal member of parliament was $335,730. However, the average spending for targeted wage subsidy programs in a riding represented by a Reform Party member was only $149,529, less than half of a cabinet minister. Those are the facts. That relates to the heart of what the member was talking about; politics and partisanship rather than merit.
In the House of Commons on February 8th, 2000. See this statement in context.