Mr. Speaker, I think that the hon. member opposite knows very well that most of the changes to the role of Auditor General proposed in this bill are there at the request of the Auditor General himself.
Let our statements in the House be sincere and precise. We are strengthening this government's reputation when it comes to transparency.
With regard to the hon. member's comments on the NDP's point of view, in the past, on our natural resources, my skepticism was related to the preamble of the NDP constitution. The preamble states that production should be directed to meeting the social and individual needs of people and not to the making of a profit.
According to the preamble of its constitution, the NDP does not accept profit, private ownership, in the true sense of the word. That means—