Mr. Speaker, I would like to briefly address the budget implementation bill.
One of the concerns the people in my riding of Yorkton--Melville have is that the budget really has turned the surplus into a slush fund. There are a whole bunch of different programs funded by the government. There is no direction. The Liberals are buying a few votes here, buying a few votes there and creating the impression that they are doing something wonderful for society, but when it comes right down to it and we look very carefully at it, there is really no substance to it.
I will deal in a few minutes with one of those slush fund projects that really is a symbol of what is wrong in this country.