Mr. Speaker, I commend the member for his remarks on this subject.
I have also listened to the Liberal members this morning who talked about how the money goes for such things as literacy and rehabilitation. What we are talking about is the misuse of the money. Money may be spent in the constituencies, as the minister has said. Wherever we spend money we can create jobs but can those jobs be sustained. The Liberals talk about the number of jobs that have been created but they have not necessarily been sustained. I regret to talk about constituents who have told me stories of their own employees receiving grants to go into competition with them.
As we talk about this commission and going beyond that to the election, could the member respond by describing the benefits of this $1 billion as it may be usefully used or left in the taxpayers' pockets for them to invest it?