There is no difference between a grant and a loan that is never repaid. If ACOA is now into repayable grants many of which are written off, then collapse ACOA. Fold it. Do not just get rid of the directors, get rid of ACOA. Save the taxpayer a whole bundle of money. Save them $50 million in write-offs for certain and then let FBDB take its place, or the banks. Has anybody ever thought of dealing with the banks?
Yesterday another speaker opposite said that we already have a very efficient government. I have to ask, if the Liberals think they have an efficient government then they are really out to lunch. That is what the change is all about. That is why the last party from Jurassic Park sits with two members here. That is exactly the mentality that is going to have this second party join Jurassic Park in the next election. The assumption that it already is an efficient government is totally erroneous.
I cannot say much more about this because I could run down all of these other reductions in boards and institutions but they are basically all the same. This is surface scratch. The government does not really intend to save a lot of money here. It is just taking out a few things to make it look good. It has done it time and time and time again in the last year.
The question is: Who does the government really think it is kidding over there? There are people actually watching and they
are a lot smarter today than they were before. Bill C-65 is surface scratch. It is Liberal do nothing legislation, much like Bill C-44 was.