Mr. Speaker, it is a bit of an apples and oranges analogy. However there is another aspect to the contracts the government doles out that the hon. member did not mention: The dollars from some of them go back to the Liberal Party of Canada.
We saw in the last election that government grants are funnelled through a separate body, the Quebec Liberal Party, which decides which ones should be approved or not. It is unbelievable. Is the hon. member saying the provinces are involved in some kind of kickback to the Liberal Party? I certainly hope not. It is not true and she knows it. It is unbelievable.
The government is responsible for this error. It happened on its watch. It must take responsibility for it. The hon. member's colleague across the way said it was the previous auditor general's fault for not catching the error so the government should be absolved of responsibility. That is not right. It is absolutely false.
I appreciate that the hon. member said which way she will be voting on the motion tonight. Perhaps she will ask for repayment of the contracts that were given to Liberal friends in her home province of Quebec such as Groupaction and Groupe Everest. That would be great. We would appreciate it.
To my knowledge there has not been a police investigation into the overpayment motion we are talking about tonight. There have been police investigations into contracts given to friends of the government. When it is one or two we get alarmed and concerned, but when we cannot keep up with the list it is a sure sign the government can no longer be trusted to manage the hard earned tax dollars of the Canadian people.