Mr. Speaker, I rise to respond by way of a follow-up to my point of order of February 27 and a subsequent response from the deputy government House leader.
The Prime Minister has stated both in the House and elsewhere that all elements of the sponsorship program would be made public. The member for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik in June 2003 asked for the list of sponsorship projects from 2000 to 2003. That point is not in dispute.
The government, when it tabled its response on February 18, decided to include some of the projects from the fiscal year 2003-04. The list tabled on February 18 is incomplete. What we in the official opposition are asking for is the complete list of sponsorship projects.
We trusted the government at its word when the deputy government House leader said it covers the year in question, but providing a partial list is misleading. As a result, hon. members have no way of knowing what list the Prime Minister was reading from.
If the government is sincere when it says it wants to distance itself from Mr. Chrétien and Mr. Gagliano and the sponsorship scandal, it will quit playing word games and table the complete funded sponsorship program list.
No more cover-ups from the Prime Minister. Parliament and the Canadian public have a right to know how the taxpayers' dollars are spent.