Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance, but first of all, on behalf of all members of the Bloc Quebecois, I would like to express our solidarity with the people of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and our disappointment with the comments made by the Prime Minister earlier in this question period.
In his budget, the Minister of Finance announces a slight reduction in government expenditures of only $400 million and postpones until 1995 the real decisions on streamlining the government's administrative machinery. Thousands of statements condemn him in this regard.
Why did the Minister of Finance not act this year to implement without delay the repeated recommendations made year after year by the Auditor General to streamline government and reduce waste estimated at several billion dollars?