Mr. Speaker, this was not just some kind of coincidence. ACOA spending jumped by a total of $100 million during the 1997 campaign. That is $100 million that could have gone to tax relief. It could have gone to hospital beds. It could have gone to education. It could have gone to something useful. Instead, the Liberals spent it on ACOA.
Why did the long-suffering taxpayers have to spend their tax dollars in a vain attempt to elect Liberals in the last federal election?