Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister has spoken of an operating reserve used by the Mulroney government in fiscal 1992-93. He will know that reserve was used to establish the new cabinet committee on constitutional affairs, the new public service secretariat, the six national citizens consultative conferences, the joint parliamentary committee and other initiatives related to the Charlottetown accord.
Is he honestly pretending that those very public initiatives are comparable to the scandals revealed in the sponsorship program?