Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleague from Yukon will agree that the budget is doing something unusual by proposing cuts to special interest groups.
One such special interest group that may be subject to cuts is the Canadian Labour Congress, which we learned this past week is supporting the Quebec Federation of Labour in its campaign to support the separatist cause in Quebec. Some of the money the Quebec Federation of Labour is using is money that comes from the Canadian Labour Congress. It was about $500,000 and in turn came from Ottawa and the labour education program that pays the CLC $3 million a year.
In the past the CLC has spent $1.5 million on supporting the NDP's election campaign, the biggest donor of any political party in the country.
Does my colleague from Yukon feel that cutting special interest groups with a political agenda not in keeping with the majority of the Canadian public is a good thing or a bad thing?