Mr. Speaker, the government is trying desperately to look good on all kinds of fronts.
The HRD minister has assured Canadians time and time again that there were very few grant overpayments at HRD. The auditor general disagrees with that. Only 76% of the more than 17,000 active files, that is, less than one-half of 1%, were subjected to departmental review. That one-half of 1% generated 11 police probes.
Why did the minister avoid the other 16,900-odd files? Were there not enough RCMP officers to go around for the investigation?