Mr. Speaker, there was no reference to words like ethics or integrity in the Prime Minister's reply, nor was there any reference to those words in the Speech from the Throne this year. At the operational level those words have been replaced by words like influence peddling, string pulling and shakedown.
I have a question about the transitional jobs fund, the $300 million kitty that the federal government doles out with special attention to Liberal ridings.
What is the Prime Minister going to do to remove the cloud of suspicion that now hangs around the transitional jobs program?