Mr. Speaker, first we learned about the limo service of the official language commissioner and Ottawa digs at taxpayers' expense. Now we hear that the part time chairman of Ports Canada has billed the government $61,500 in extra pay on top of $53,000 in expenses, $12,000 for an Ottawa apartment that is used 24 days a year and $34,500 in travel from his home in Vermont. Does this sound like fiscal restraint, Mr. Speaker?
My question is for the President of the Treasury Board. Will he undertake an immediate review of per diems, honoraria and expense accounts of all government appointees to federal agencies?