Mr. Speaker, I can hardly read the Prime Minister's thoughts. I am convinced that he had a very good idea of what was going on.
Today, he denies being aware of those issues. He said he was not aware that there was an audit on an amount of $2 billion at Human Resources Development Canada. If the Prime Minister is not aware of such situations, what kind of work does he do?
We are talking about the government's monitoring role. Governments are not only responsible for announcing projects. They must also make sure that those projects yield results, see that they are out in the open so that we can see, for instance in the case of a job creation program, that jobs actually have been created.
The minister cannot be evaluated only on how he makes an announcement. In this regard, I agree that the former Minister of Human Resources Development at announcing things, but he certainly lacked the other necessary skills. Personally, I consider his appointment as Minister of International Trade as a demotion. However, in a way, this may have allowed us to avoid an ever greater mess than the one we appear to be in.
I hope that all this will all be out in the open as soon as possible. Otherwise, we would not be fully doing our duty as parliamentarians if we did not get to the bottom of the issue and allow all Canadians to see the whole truth.