Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talks about flushing $500 million out in programs. Do members know what those programs included? They included programs that gave young people who were on the streets the opportunity to come into a place with a roof over their heads and to get some training and self-respect. In this particular case, I am thinking of the Servants Anonymous Society in the city of Calgary where a young woman turned to me and said “Without this grant I would be dead”.
Is the hon. member suggesting those were tax dollars that were unwisely spent? If she is, she should say so.