Mr. Speaker, patronage is continuing to raise its disgusting head in the Liberal government.
In my latest waste report available on the Internet at www.canadianalliance.ca/waste I reported that the Canadian Human Rights Commission paid $4,000 to the wife of the Minister of Industry and $8,000 to the wife of former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy while he was still a minister of the crown.
It may not be illegal but it brings up the rule of who one knows rather than what one knows as the basis for hiring decisions in Ottawa.
Now the Minister of National Defence has become involved in the patronage racket. His former senior adviser, Tony Genco, has landed a plum position as the interim president and CEO of Parc Downsview Park Inc. The land at Downsview is owned by DND and the park just happens to be located in the riding of, yes, Mr. Speaker, the Minister of National Defence.
I guess Liberal membership has its privileges.