Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
He acknowledged yesterday in the House that he has no idea whether or not the Hibernia megaproject will be profitable one day. He said, and I quote: "We must complete this project because[. . .] we will be able to recover if not all at least a large part of the money invested so far". The Prime Minister does not even dare talk about profits.
Considering that this statement is in direct conflict with the smug optimism of the Minister of Natural Resources, how can the Prime Minister say that he is managing public money soundly, when he is not even sure that we will be able to recoup the billions of dollars we are sinking into that project?