Mr. Speaker, we are drawing near the end of this issue but what the hon. member for Medicine Hat has touched upon is critical to this whole debate. That is one of accountability and, further to that, consequences. He talks about immoral, unethical or illegal activity. Those bring about change and corrective actions which are consequences. That is what appears to be missing throughout this entire process. An RCMP investigation may result in a charge being laid and due process initiated. What we are seeing are immoral and unethical breaches of cronyism, patronage and unbelievable cozy behaviour with no consequences.
The hon. member is right. He talks about the government's first reaction which is to deny it, then to accuse the accuser and finally to blame someone else. I would ask the hon. member to address the issue of whether Canadians should trust the PCO with more money, $101 million.