It was excellent. The member said that the work done in his riding by public servants was excellent. I believe that in the House of Commons, with almost 301 members, the member does not have the only team of public servants whose work is excellent. I happen to believe that about my own riding and I know there are other members who feel the same way.
Are there files on which ongoing investigations needed to be pursued? Everybody has acknowledged that on the sampling of over 400 files, 37 needed extended work. That is happening. This is totally transparent.
Is the member not concerned that by casting aspersions on every single grant that was given in every single riding he is casting aspersions in a way that many of those people with good solid projects that have served his riding, my riding and many other ridings well are going to feel tainted, poisoned or stained? Does the member not feel that within that $1 billion there were many good projects?