Madam Speaker, you are subtracting the time from me that another member used when he rose on a point of order to debate me on the side, which I think was maybe out of order.
The bill proposes to give the auditor general's work a little more legitimacy, a little more of a businesslike approach. It is like any kind of business where a consultant is hired to show where it is strong or weak, to show where it can improve. That is basically what the auditor is trying to do. The auditor is trying to improve the operation of government. I believe that when a report is given on three or four departments a couple of times during the year that those departments should respond. I think it is a big improvement which I heartily endorse.
Once again I feel bad because the government does not want to listen, does not want to learn.
Winston Churchill said that some people like to learn but they do not like to be taught. When this government was in opposition it felt like it knew everything. Now that those members are opposite,
it is obvious they do not have a plan. They do not even have the people. The Prime Minister is firing people right, left and centre.
Here we are trying to make a suggestion. I wish the government had an open mind. I wish it would give this motion due diligence and see if this is not in the best interests of Canadians. We are not talking about the best interests of Liberals or Reformers. We are talking about the best interests of Canadians, Canada, and how we can make the system work a lot better and more efficiently.