Mr. Speaker, is the member really going to defend this? There is nothing normal about it. The government has already blown $23 million for a media centre in the industry minister's riding, which the media will now never use. Instead, it will be sitting around a fake lake, in Toronto. If that is not enough, the government is blowing a further $20 million on dancers, singers, fiddlers and flowers.
Instead of hosting world leaders, maybe the government should consider party planning for Lady Gaga.
How can the government look at people whose EI has just run out and justify this billion dollar spendfest?