Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister.
In its red book, the Liberal Party made the following promise, and I quote: "To reduce the $4.1 billion consulting and professional services budget of the federal government by 15 per cent". But according to the public accounts for 1995-96, the Liberal government spent more than $4.4 billion on these services, or nearly $1 billion more than promised.
Does the Deputy Prime Minister admit that, instead of cutting $600 million from this budget, she actually increased it by $300 million, thereby breaking another election promise?