Madam Speaker, I believe some time earlier one of the members, and it may have been the member for Windsor—Tecumseh, did say that there were about 600 of the 14,000 prisoners in our jail system who were eligible. However, that does not mean they applied.
We do know that the number is less than 600. Even if it is 600, the savings that have been suggested by the government seem to be a little bit out of line.
It is yet another case where the government has not done its homework. It has not done the bill justice and it has not done Parliament justice, simply because it did not do its homework. It does not know what is involved.
All the government knows is that the public will think that taking the old age security away from Clifford Olson is great, and it will get the political benefit from that.
But if everything we do around this place has to do with how we get political benefit, there is no question in my mind that the prayer we say, that we make good laws and wise decisions, will almost be impossible to achieve.