Let me make a comment and ask a question. "I think my gold plated pension is okay", says the hon. member for St. Boniface. The member talked about performance reports. Let me give him a performance report and then I will get to my question.
Here is a Liberal performance report. Early next month the national debt is going to reach $600 billion. Performance: The Liberals contributed fully two-thirds to that debt. The Liberals contributed about two-thirds to raising the interest payment on that debt to an astounding $48 billion. Performance: The Liberal government has driven the national debt up by $100 billion since it took over in 1993. Soon the Prime Minister will be known all across this country as the $600 billion man.
Does the member for St. Boniface really believe that this Parliament should give the Senate $40 million with no question asked? Does he believe that is the proper and accountable thing to do?