Mr. Speaker, the auditor general's report is very clear concerning grants and loans given out by the federal government. It is this: both the auditor general and the public accounts show very clearly that there were two years in which there were a lot of mistakes made. Those were in the years 1991 and 1992 when such assistance programs started. Who was in power at that time? I do not want to embarrass the hon. member. Mr. Speaker, you tell him who was in power.
In the House of Commons on March 20th, 2000. See this statement in context.