Madam Speaker, I would like to ask the hon. member a couple of questions.
I understand the compassion he has for people who are suffering in our land. I understand the member quite clearly on those things. I know he is concerned about the poverty that exists in this country. He also suggested that a lot of these problems can lead to crime.
I agree that possibility exists.
In 1993 it was quoted in this House that there were approximately a million children starving, living in poverty in this land, and that we needed to do something. The latest figure I heard is a million. Evidently we are not making much progress.
When I look at the public accounts I do not want to support this motion either, but I have a fear that this money is going to go for a golf course or other ridiculous things. Are we going to spend money on transition to adulthood, $105,00; sexual dissidence in historical context, $23,000; infants understanding how people act, $75,000; institutional change in household behaviour in rural China, $55,000; sexual behaviour of senior citizens, $116,000. I feel good about that being a senior. That is what this government has spent. Then we talk about the billions of dollars given to companies like Bombardier or a $25 million free flag giveaway. This spending is going on.
Does the member agree that is good spending or should we redirect that money to those poverty ridden places and give a chunk of that money to the children's societies of Ottawa and Toronto and every city and stop this foolish spending that goes on? Believe me it exists. Sell the charter jets that these members in the front row fly around in. They should sell them and take economy flights like the rest of us try to. Save bucks and help these people. When is it going to stop on that side?