Mr. Speaker, just after the Prime Minister announced his tighter system to manage spending in the 1995 budget, which we know did not really work out that well, he started stashing $9 billion in off the books foundations, like Canada Health Infoway.
Those foundations are not open to access by the Auditor General or to access to information requests.
A month ago the finance minister acknowledged the problem and said that the Auditor General should have access to those foundations.
Why did the finance minister mislead Canadians and fail to follow through on his promise to allow the Auditor General access to those foundations?