Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his statement and his question.
Certainly the issue of government spending in total is very important to the Reform Party and we intend to examine all government spending. We have been doing that and we advocate that in the future to see how we can reduce spending and create efficiency.
When the member talks about an embassy buying a trash can for $490 he is right on the mark. However, I do not see what that has to do with duplication and overlap of government services. Quite honestly that is a separate issue. It is one that is very important to us as well and we intend to pursue it.