Mr. Speaker, I fail to understand how the minister can pass off these little failed projects as trifles, when the auditor general has identified $2.5 billion in waste in his report for 1996.
The minister tells us that he wants to tighten up controls. He makes it sound very simple, but what about the senior public servant who has made an error in judgement? What will happen to him? What will happen to the person responsible for making such an irresponsible decision?