Mr. Chairman, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister have been asked similar questions in the House in the last number of days. They have pointed out that perhaps there were some comments by the Prime Minister that were taken out of context and misinterpreted.
The real gist of what the Prime Minister was saying is something that I repeated earlier this evening in my opening remarks. We are determined to find the administrative mistakes and problems and to ensure that they are corrected. Where there may be overpayments, we certainly want to see that money recovered and recollected by the Government of Canada. If there is any evidence of illegality on the part of anyone, that must be investigated and prosecuted under the law.
It is certainly my intention to make sure that for the future this program stands up to the tests of transparency, accountability and value for taxpayers' dollars that Canadians would expect and that the problems that existed in the past are properly pursued.