Mr. Speaker, since the House of Commons, the Lower House, is responsible to the Canadian electorate for the funds it commits here, while the other House has to answer to no one for the sums allocated to it, there is one part of the federal government's budget that cannot be justified to the public. This is the primary concern of Reform Party members.
Since we are holding the cheque book, we ought to at least be told what the cheque they are writing over there will be used for. That is the primary purpose of today's motion.