Mr. Speaker, Mr. Ran Quail, the former deputy minister at public works, said yesterday at the public accounts committee that the $40 million spent every year on the sponsorship program was not on the radar screen and did not pop up as a problem area. It was too small for him.
Forty million dollars may not matter to the Liberal government but it sure matters to hard working Canadians who have squeezed till they squeak to come up with the cash.
My question for the minister of public works. How many millions of taxpayer dollars have to be wasted, lost, funnelled to loyal Liberals and so on before it shows up on his radar screen?