Mr. Speaker, boy, the spin doctors are in full damage control mode today.
The official opposition would like to kill mismanagement and ineptitude by the department and by this minister. That is what we are after.
The minister had a shameful track record when she was at Indian Affairs and Northern Development and also now that she is at HRDC. Millions of dollars were funnelled from HRDC to the Metis Provincial Council of British Columbia, even though she received over 50 complaints about abuse and mismanagement. There is a trend here. The minister knows that, whatever department she is in.
Why did the minister do nothing when she found out about that? Why did she sit on her hands and do nothing while millions of dollars were at stake?