Madam Speaker, I wish the hon. member would use what little time we have to deal with serious issues instead of frivolous questions like that.
What I was getting at and what I would like the government members to address is whether the deal that was being struck between the finance minister of Manitoba and the former federal finance minister will be honoured by the government and by the current Minister of Finance. That is the question I would like to put before the House. I do not wish to engage in some kind of back and forth match with the hon. parliamentary secretary, especially a meaningless debate that we seem to be having which serves no purpose.
I would like to deal with the state of the investigation of the years 1993 to 1997. The hon. parliamentary secretary seems to be knowledgeable with this file. Will he perhaps share with us some of the specifics of the investigation for that period? How is it going? Is the investigation finding gross overpayments? Will it constitute as much money as the years 1997 through 1999?