Mr. Speaker, let us see how these programs help people.
The public accounts from 1995 to 1998 now show the following: while the finance minister was busy slashing funds for hospital beds, he was increasing funding for hotel beds in the Prime Minister's riding; while health care spending was going down, spending on grants and contributions was going up. However, the budget speeches of the finance minister never revealed that. The real spending priorities were very different than what he talked about in the budget.
Why did the Prime Minister allow the finance minister to say one thing and do another? Will that—