Mr. Speaker, what we believe in on this side is ministerial accountability for tax dollars.
The internal EDC audits further illustrate the government's practice of cutting cheques first and asking questions second. In three successive audits the minister was rebuked for handing over money for economic diversification with no record of the economic benefit of the dollars spent.
The Minister of Industry is responsible for the spending of hundreds of millions of taxpayers dollars. Why then is he more concerned with the political benefit for Liberals than with economic accountability for taxpayers?