Mr. Speaker, the auditor general says that this is the wrong way to keep the books. The Institute of Chartered Accountants says that this is the wrong way to keep the books. Any reasonable objective person who knows about public accounting will say that this is inconsistent with the rules.
Why has the government not been forthcoming, clear and straightforward in the way it keeps the public accounts? If programs are good, then book them when they should be booked, but do not lie to Canadians about when those—