Mr. Speaker, when the government has to kick in over 50% of the funding for a business deal and government officials question the viability of that deal, taxpayers are put at risk. In the case of the PM's brewery, over $1.25 million of the $2.1 million spent on this project was public money.
Why should taxpayer money be risked on a project that the private sector would not touch with a 10 foot pole?