Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister and it concerns the government's responsibility for the budget in the country.
These estimates allocate an extra 10.7% in spending for the Senate. That is up 29% over the last three years. That is $5 million for 104 senators, compared with $20 million extra this year for health care spending for a million people in the province of Saskatchewan.
Can the Deputy Prime Minister explain this new Liberal definition of balance where 104 unaccountable and unelected people get an extra $5 million and a million people in Saskatchewan get an extra $20 million for health care?