Madam Speaker, my colleague talked about the culture of corruption that has spread. He talked about Groupe Everest, Groupaction and some of the firms that gave kickbacks to the Liberal Party. I think Canadians are outraged by this, and rightly so. A half a million dollars was spent on a report that was not done or was the same as the one done previously, with no words changed.
The saddest thing about the corruption is that it spreads from the top down. This latest one involves other respected crown corporations like VIA Rail, Canada Post and even the RCMP. This is just tragic for the confidence of Canadians in all of the government, in all our crown corporations, and the cost is tremendous.
Then we had the privacy commissioner with his extravaganza and his reign of terror. Worse yet, we have the situation in Virginia Lafontaine Centre. Officials again were spinning off cheques. They went on a cruise and bought jewellery in the Caribbean, paid for by Health Canada dollars.
Would the member comment on the infiltration of this culture of corruption.