Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to respond to a number of points that were raised today. I do not agree with too many of them and I intend to share with you why I do not.
The member for Vancouver East alleges that because answers were provided to her the government should automatically supply written material to support an answer. We could equally claim that the government should have supporting material for some of these unsubstantiated allegations from some of the members across. That would probably be far more constructive in terms of the good governance of the country with one difference which is that the numbers we have used I maintain are correct to the best of our knowledge. I would say that is hardly the case with some of the questions being asked.
The member for Richelieu raised the point that, when a minister cites a document, he should not only table the document cited, but all of the documentation.
I draw your attention to citation 495(4) of Beauchesne's, which reads as follows:
Only the document cited need be tabled by a Minister. A complete file need not be tabled—
That is citation 495(4).