Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General of Canada, Denis Desautels, tabled his report last week. Once again, this report clearly shows that Canadians and Quebecers have every reason to be unhappy with the way the Liberal government is spending their taxes.
Two cases in point are the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency's inadequate monitoring of the closure of CFB Cornwallis, in Nova Scotia, and the equipment wasted by the Department of National Defence during peacekeeping missions.
How can we accept the fact that the architects' fees for the building housing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service headquarters were twice as high as originally estimated?
Even the auditor general is concerned about the way the Income Tax Act is applied to family trusts and capital gains.
How can we trust a government that appears more eager to cut benefits for the disadvantaged and the unemployed than to end waste and abuse of all kinds?