Mr. Speaker, it is a blatant ripoff and the member knows it.
The Prime Minister has tried to point the finger at everybody. He has pointed the finger at the bureaucracy, pointed the finger at Quebec politicians and pointed the finger at Chrétien loyalists. The Prime minister is running out of fingers.
However, I know who will give him the finger. It is the Canadian taxpayer. If he wants a finger, he should talk to them. The $44 billion is owed to them. It does not belong to the Liberal Party.
When does the government plan to stop pointing the finger of blame at everybody else and start pointing the finger where it belongs, at itself?