Bonnie Crombie at the Public Accounts Committee

On November 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.

November 23rd, 2009 / 5:15 p.m.

Liberal

Bonnie Crombie Liberal Mississauga—Streetsville, ON

I did see that. Thank you. That was useful.

I was very interested to see who the large spenders were. Of course, the Minister of Finance I almost predicted; then, of course, the Minister of National Defence, because there would have been travel. Natural Resources, at $2.2 million, seemed high. But then when I got to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the $2.2 million number seemed inordinately high for agriculture.

Is there a reason why the Minister of Agriculture's office would spend that amount of money? There wouldn't be any foreign travel, I wouldn't think.

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