Madam Speaker, on the contrary, I usually do not know what I am talking about, but in this case, I know exactly what I am talking about.
This information was provided by the President of the Treasury Board and it says that this money was paid out. The President of the Treasury Board said the funds were received. The papers say $5,000 for downtown Truro partnership, but the cheque was for $3,625. What I am saying is that the current President of the Treasury Board misled the House of Commons.
The Minister of Public Works and Government Services acknowledged that a cheque was written for $2.3 million to the Bluenose foundation. The minister acknowledged that the government wrote a cheque for $2.3 million, but does not know what happened to it. That was only in 1997-98, five or six years ago.
The hon. member said there was post-audit accountability. The government did not have a clue about this lost $2 million until we raised it in the House. The government wrote a cheque for $2.3 million but did not pay any attention to it. A Liberal advertising organization appears to have taken 85% of the cheque that was written.