Madam Speaker, I would like the hon. member to respond to what we know. We can go to any school of public administration at any university across the country and read the literature. We know that this type of expenditure probably hurts more than it helps the Canadian economy. Study after study it shows that.
Why would the government continue in the face of the academic literature? Is it because it knows there is a payoff politically? Even though it is not efficacious to the economy, it may be helpful in the voters' eyes, and it could misspend the money and get away with it because in the short term it could buy votes.