Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the hon. member who just spoke. As regards this bill, we are not opposed to the idea of trying to do more with less money. We do not oppose to that principle; on the contrary, the Bloc Quebecois favours such an approach by the government. However, this legislation is nothing more than a bunch of old sections from various acts which are put together to amalgamate old departments into a single one, under a new name. Can the hon. member tell us just what is new in this bill? Can she tell us if there is anything new to give more transparency to that department which, in the old days, was known as the patronage department? Is there anything new in this bill to promote that transparency which we have heard so much about since the beginning of the 35th Parliament?
In the House of Commons on October 4th, 1994. See this statement in context.