Mr. Speaker, it is very simple. We have this improved reporting to Parliament that tells us absolutely nothing. We have the comment by the auditor general that parliamentarians do not have the necessary information to assess whether the small business loans program is managed efficiently and is achieving its objectives.
The intention of my speech was to tell the government to give us that information in order that we might have an opportunity to assess the benefits or otherwise of this program. Then we can make an intelligent decision. In the meantime we have no information. We are being asked to approve a billion dollars in extra lending for businesses under the act and we have nothing to base an opinion upon.
The deputy whip has posed a rhetorical question. I would ask the deputy whip on the government side to bring that information to us and let us have an intelligent debate in this House with the information before us. The auditor general is specifically telling the House that we need more information. His assessment is that this program must be fixed before it is expanded.