Mr. Speaker, there is no question about it: we know that the boards of directors of all crown corporations have been used for patronage appointments, even the refugee board, which the minister said the government was going to get rid of. The government was reluctant to get rid of it, could not get rid of it, because it helps all the Liberals who have lost elections by giving them those positions.
Yes, I agree with the member. The government has not changed much, but I wish it would, in the running of the corporations because that helps it put Liberal friends into positions and keep its flock happy at the expense of the Canadian taxpayer.
It is time to look at it. It is time to really look at EDC's mandate and to get rid of its insurance operations. I think it is becoming irrelevant, according to the latest developments that I have heard on what has been happening. EDC is not happy with its Canada Account because of course there is 100% government interference, and not much can be done about it, as we know with what happened with the Bombardier issue.
We must look at where the EDC would be most effective. I think that at the end of the day EDC would be more effective if we were to bring together all these institutions into what I would like to call the Canadian International Development Agency, but with a totally different mandate.