Mr. Speaker, with the bits and pieces of information on the mess at Human Resources Development Canada that are still coming out endlessly, it seems that the federal government's incompetence knows no limits.
Yet the person responsible for the department in the worst part of the boondoggle, the hon. member for Papineau—Saint-Denis, is making himself scarce in order to avoid having to account for his erratic administration.
In an interview with Le Devoir , when he was no longer Minister of Human Resources Development, he did not hold back from commenting on the situation at Emploi-Québec and from boasting of his extraordinary talents and effective management.
He went so far as to criticize the Quebec Treasury Board for controlling everything. Today, we realize the situation on the federal level is totally the opposite: the federal government controls nothing.
Where is this minister today, he who usually has so much to say? He is in hiding. But he cannot hide indefinitely. It is all very well for the Minister of International Trade to creep along the walls, hide behind each and every column in the Parliament Buildings, but the day will come when he will have to answer for his actions. Impunity and democracy are incompatible.