There have been some comments made by members opposite about Mr. Kramp's motion, especially with respect to accrual accounting. It seems to me that some of the members here are sucking and blowing at the same time. They're saying on one hand that there's a lack of transparency in government, while the Auditor General has said on numerous occasions that one of the reasons we don't have a real transparency in government is because we're not on accrual accounting. It's a way of understanding the financial operations and the management of government. For members to just dismiss accrual accounting as some sort of boring discussion, an unimportant thing, shows a profound lack of understanding. If they really want to get into a more transparent and understandable picture of how government operates and to get good reporting of what is happening with the dollars and cents that are spent on behalf of taxpayers, let's get to accrual accounting. Let's get the process moving.
On March 4th, 2008. See this statement in context.