Madam Speaker, the member talked about P3s and the experiences we had. I do not know if it was a P3 in New Brunswick when the highway between Moncton and Saint John, and Moncton and Fredericton, was built and it cost over $650 million. The government had to pay for it because the people did not agree to it. Would that be a type of P3? I do not know if it is a type of P3 when we look at defence facilities in Labrador. The cost actually increased.
When we look at the responsibility of the government, is the government just giving up its responsibility and saying that it will give it to the private sector, or to its friends? As we know, so many friends got money from the Liberal government in the last couple of years. Is that what the government is saying? Is it saying that it has to find another way to give money or contracts to its friends instead of looking at its programs and its public services that need to be managed in a correct manner?
I do not think that is the answer. Canadians do not believe that is the answer. I totally disagree with the privatization of our public services in this country.