Mr. Speaker, no matter what the minister says, these two parties in question have cost the Canadian taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars. A fisheries and oceans memo says that the moneys to pay for these parties are hidden in the ship's budget. A disgraceful pattern has emerged outlining blatant and deliberate misuse of coast guard vessels and funds.
I ask the minister to support my request of today to ask the auditor general to investigate this reckless spending in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.