Mr. Speaker, he is not going to get his free set of Muskoka steak knives with excuses like that.
Let us be clear. The cost of this shindig would lift every senior citizen in this country out of poverty. Instead, it is being blown on ridiculous ego projects backed by even more ridiculous excuses.
Do the Conservatives really think that changing the name of the fake lake to a reflecting pond, a water feature or an international tourist pavilion will fool Canadians? They have abused our trust. They have abused taxpayers' dollars.
Why are they abusing the intelligence of average Canadians with pitiful endorsements of this discredited minister?