Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is giving us another history lesson. Actually, we voted for the accountability act.
Back in the days of the sponsorship scandal, the Prime Minister had great respect for the Auditor General. The Prime Minister campaigned on expanding the Auditor General's powers and increasing the Auditor General's budget,. However, buried in the 421 pages of his budget bill, the Prime Minister is taking away the power of the Auditor General to monitor 12 separate agencies.
What kind of budget act slashes oversight of the budget? Is that why he does not want anybody paying too close attention to his budget bill?