Mr. Speaker, Jeannine Basile, of Telefilm Canada, admitted in a letter she wrote me yesterday that existing control systems had enabled Telefilm Canada to uncover “a few cases of overbilling”, and that companies that were “largely bogus (firms) could have existed at the time when programs to deduct depreciation costs were still around”.
My question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Will the minister not admit that it is unacceptable from a public administration standpoint that Telefilm Canada did not react more quickly and more vigorously to cases of overbilling and to the existence of bogus companies?