Thank you, Madam Speaker.
I have a lot of respect for my friend and colleague the President of the Treasury Board, and for his skating abilities. He actually did not answer my question clearly at all.
For us, it isn't exactly nothing. Everyone in Canada knows that spending $8.2 million on an outdoor skating rink is senseless.
The minister said that it was part of Ottawa's winter festivities. In Quebec, we have the Carnaval de Québec. If building the Bonhomme's Ice Palace cost $8.2 million, no one would ever attend the Carnaval de Québec ever again.
I will ask a question again to the minister. He is an honest man. He is an honourable man. He can answer clearly. Does he think $8.2 million for a hockey rink is wise public-money spending? Yes or no.