Mr. Speaker, it is surprising to see that, for the Prime Minister, simplifying operations always means taking them out of the hands of the provinces and moving them to the federal level.
The federal government has this bad habit of constantly intervening in fields of jurisdiction that do not belong to it. Will the Prime Minister acknowledge that yesterday's budget contained nothing to reduce the government's operating expenses, which would have helped reduce the exorbitant lifestyle of the federal government? A fine example is the creation of two new national agencies, which will overlap provincial agencies doing the same work.
Does he not realize that he missed a fine opportunity to realize savings in government operations?