Madam Speaker, in replying to my colleague, I would like to say to him that I do not believe it is up to me or to any member to decide how the funds will be used.
As a first step, we ask the Governor General to amend the present motion, about which I made a speech, that is, over the next three months, to reduce the amount of $4,171,000 by $417,000. It is certainly not for me or any member of the Bloc to tell the Governor General, or any other person, how to do that. The accountability rests with her.
Concerning the fact that obviously many Canadians, including many Quebeckers, are experiencing real hardship; when we make a connection between the “effort“ that we are asking the Governor General to make, in contrast to the victims of the system, we recognize that the differences in how people live cannot be compared.