Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is alleging that we were trying to cover things up. The official opposition, the Bloc Quebecois, was asked whether it had any witnesses to bring forward. We said we will deal with any of these issues. We wanted it fully dealt with in the finance committee, just as the Bloc had asked us to deal with it fully in the finance committee. We contacted it a number of times and it said "no, we have no more witnesses".
How could we be the ones who are trying to cover up things when we opened it up to discussion of any sort? We called the witnesses asked for by the Bloc, the Reform and the auditor general. We asked them: "Do you want to have any more hearings or can we get to the report stage on this issue?" That is not a cover-up. Would they please quit making innuendoes and allegations which have no foundation whatsoever.