Mr. Speaker, last June, the human resource minister, rather than taking a cab, spent almost $12,000 on limos and swanky hotels to attend the World Urban Forum in Vancouver. She was said to be discussing, of all things, poverty. It is unbelievable.
To add insult to injury, as the minister was busy talking she was also ruthlessly cutting vital programs for the poor and homeless.
Now in immigration, the minister continues to turn her back on the plight of some 50,000, not 450, lost Canadians and hundreds of parents who are trying to complete foreign adoptions.
Why is the minister so loose with the public's money when it comes to her own expenses, but so meanspirited--