Mr. Speaker, the hon. member certainly did not understand the question. My question concerns all moneys spent on active employment measures between 1993-94 and 1996-97, as indicated in the department's figures.
I will to quote the Minister of Human Resources Development, who said this week: "I am always shocked by the attitude of people who like to fiddle in around with this figure or that figure".
Will the minister finally admit that his own government has been fiddling with the figures, since the additional $800 million for active measures were drawn from the unemployment insurance fund, a procedure that actually camouflages a substantial drop in the amounts formerly spent on employment measures which came directly out of the consolidated fund?