Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member knows, the sponsorship program was significantly changed over the last two and a half years to ensure that the proper safeguards were in place.
Between 1997 and 2001, there were significant problems. The Auditor General has reported on them. We found them in internal audits. References have been made to the RCMP. The public accounts committee and now the public inquiry will look into the very questions in detail that the member has raised.