Mr. Speaker, I was a member of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development before the election. We had suspicions as to what was going on, but we realize today that things were even worse than we expected.
I would like to give an example to my colleague who is now a member on that committee, and ask him whether there is a link. Before the election, members used to be consulted about the summer career placements program. When the election was called, strangely enough, the former minister mentioned by the hon. member took it upon himself to make those decisions.
I am from the Quebec City area, and, before the election, we used to have a centre where the unemployed could get help in dealing with all the red tape. It was moved to the Prime Minister's riding—such a coincidence—where there was no unemployment office. We used to have about ten offices, and their number had to go down to just two. They closed down all of them and opened two, one in Montreal and the other one in the Prime Minister's riding. Of all the ridings in Quebec, guess where they got the best percentage during the election? Something tells me it is in the Prime Minister's riding.
My colleague is absolutely right. The former minister is to blame, and the present minister is also to blame, because she does not want any light to be shed on this issue. However, who was it who appointed these two ministers? Always the same person, the Prime Minister. Does he not have the primary responsibility for this boondoggle?