Madam Speaker, I have a quick comment and question to remind people in television land just how ridiculous some things are.
I have gone across the country and seen the poverty that exists in the cities and on the streets. I know what we are talking about. First it was a million children in 1993 and now we are up to a million and a half. This leads me to understand that we are not doing a very good job.
I know what living in squalor is like on reserves. I have personally been in their homes and have talked with native people who are suffering. They provided great hospitality with what little they had. I have reviewed the public accounts that come out every year. We also have a member who puts out a waste report.
The hon. member is probably a couple of years older than I am but not much more. Three years ago the government—and it is just one small example of millions of dollars—put together a committee which according to public accounts cost $116,000 to study seniors and sexually. I wonder if the old fellow, like this old fellow, feels a whole lot better that this wonderful Liberal government is spending big money to study us old guys and our sexuality. How does he feel about that?