Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I will indulge myself and have some fun at the expense of my colleague Brian Jean, who said this week that he was very concerned about the spending power of judges, meaning their power to use the money of others, when the government is doing such a great job in that area. However, here we have an example of a rather specific expense, whose usefulness for the public good was not demonstrated at all. When the senior officials came to answer our questions, they told us that the amendment will easily cost $430,000 for reprinting documents and replacing the signage.
Changing the name of the current Department of Human Resources and Skills Development to the Department of Employment and Social Development is clearly a political tactic. It can even be considered propaganda. When all is said and done, that will enable the government to highlight the word “employment” in big neon letters. This razzle-dazzle will also enable the minister to focus on the word “employment” when he travels across the country and the word appears on TV or in photographs.
It is really embarrassing for the government to spend so much money just for propaganda. That is one of the reasons why we oppose this initiative.
I would also like to talk about clause 205. In fact, I would like to talk about the new definition for the title of the Minister of Employment.
I will leave it at that, at least in terms of section 204.