Mr. Speaker, I appreciate what the hon. member is saying about the civil service having a couple of masters.
My question to the hon. member is how do we hold that civil service, the deputy ministers and the ministers, accountable for situations? The supposed scandal of the Groupaction is only one department. I found out today there has been three audit reports done, one on heritage, one on HRDC and one on public works, that found missing information from files and contracts that were let without proper procedures being followed.
The hon. member mentioned that the rules and the treasury board guidelines are there. How do we hold the civil servants accountable and how do we hold the ministers accountable for running the show, because the buck does stop with the politician?