Mr. Speaker, the question was: Was the parliamentary secretary telling the truth when he said yesterday on CTV that we would have the same transparency as the Americans?
On the Obama recovery.gov website, citizens can track spending “as forecast in legislation”. One problem for the government, though, is there is no such legislation that directs where the $3 billion slush fund will go.
How can Canadians follow a $3 billion discretionary fund that has not even been accounted for in this Parliament?