Mr. Speaker, in a number of instances this debate has brought forward serious concerns about where the government is going. The cancellation of the $6 million for the court challenges program seems symptomatic. The court challenges program is, I think in the view of all thinking Canadians, one of the more appropriate programs that we have, because it helps to provide access by all Canadians to their rights under the Canadians Charter of Rights and Freedoms. That cancellation seems to be reflective of a broader problem in terms of the thinking of the government.
I am concerned about the appointment of judges and why there are so many appointments. The Prime Minister's suggestion is he would like to have judges who are more closely aligned with his own thinking on the world. That may bring into question his commitment to the independence of the judiciary.
There are the appointments to the refugee boards to dispose of those cases. These people have rights, yet the number of refugee cases has skyrocketed.
Even on something as simple as the chair of the CBC, our cherished institution that we want to protect, is there some reason that after six months we still have not started the process to replace that person? Is there a hidden agenda?
Those are my concerns. Does the member think that the action to cancel the court challenges program is yet another symptom of a hidden agenda?