John McCallum at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On May 28th, 2012. See this statement in context.

May 28th, 2012 / 4:05 p.m.

Liberal

John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON

Maybe this is a political question that you're not prepared to answer, but I find it a bit strange that we're spending $27 million to commemorate the War of 1812, which has little impact on Canadians—or Canadians have little memory of it, that's for sure—and we're spending nothing on the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Can you say anything about that choice?

See context to find out what was said next.