Mr. Speaker, the finance minister never misses an opportunity to boast about stimulating the private sector with low interest rates so they can borrow cheaply. Yet somehow the government feels the need to provide Bombardier with an interest free $87 million loan guaranteed by the Canadian taxpayer.
I had better ask the Deputy Prime Minister this question because of her fiscal management prowess in this country. Why does she feel it is right to dole out an interest free loan to a company that has raked in almost $1.2 billion in government handouts in the last 15 years and which, coincidentally, donated $170,000 to the Liberal Party from 1993 to 1995?