Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for raising the point. I hope I will be in a position to furnish the House with an answer to her question later this week.
I note that the reply will be lengthy because the Canada Council hands out a great number of grants to numerous individuals and bodies across Canada. The first reply was received. Certain information that the member requested was missing from the answer and it was sent back so that it would be made complete. I expect to be in possession of the complete answer later this week.
If the hon. member is so concerned about saving taxpayers' dollars I have no doubt she would have gone to the Library of Parliament and looked up the annual reports of the Canada Council wherein all its grants are listed. She could have obtained the answer there instead of putting a question on the Order Paper which will cost many thousands of extra dollars to provide to the House in the copies and in the form that she wishes to have it.
Having given that response, I would ask that all questions be allowed to stand.