Madam Speaker, the hon. member highlighted a couple of examples in his question. Clearly there are some places within government spending where some better choices with the public purse can actually be made. I do not think some of the initiatives he just mentioned would be very high up on my priority list, to say the least.
I would not want to make a comment that we are spending enough money on the poor and probably do not need to do too much. We have to be able to challenge ourselves to ensure that we are getting the best bang for our buck with respect to our social programs.
I still think there needs to be a governmental role, whether that be provincial or federal, to address those needs.