Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed the parliamentary secretary's kind words, but there is a saying on the farm that kind words and good intentions do not feed too many animals.
I am just wondering how he can say that the government is after financial stewardship. At the research station at Morden, one of the most successful research stations in Canada, 40 per cent of the jobs were cut. It took away the buckwheat program and the potato program. It moved them up north where they could all freeze. Is that good financial planning?
I see their pension funds have not been cut too drastically. However, does he know of a program called the Canadian polar commission? The polar commission takes $1,081,000 from the government. It employs six people and half the money goes to salaries. The commission spends on the dissemination of information. The amount of transfers to people looking into this matter is $20,000.
Is it financial responsibility to spend $20,000 out of $1,081,000 on the actual work and the rest on salaries? I would like to see some improvements there.