Mr. Speaker, anyone can make a mistake, but consider the cost to the taxpayer of the minister's ongoing carelessness.
The tainted blood scandal; we have no idea what that has cost. The Mulroney Airbus witch hunt; $10 million. The Pearson airport breach of contract, under his watch; $600 million. The escalating costs of the firearm registry fiasco; half a billion dollars and climbing. Now there is his illegal drug deal. He has individually cost taxpayers over $1 billion.