Mr. Speaker, how on earth did the government manage to lose $3.1 billion?
If I lose $100, I search my accounts, check my credit cards. I do something. I would think that the Conservatives would do something about $3.1 billion. There must be one or two invoices lying around. I would do something, but not them.
Since the Conservatives are not giving us an answer, all we can do is assume. Perhaps the $3.1 billion was spent on combatting terrorism or on border services. Perhaps it was sent to the coffers of the then-ruling party Union Montréal—no one knows. Or worse yet, perhaps it ended up on Accurso's yacht.
I say “yacht”, but does that mean it is a yacht? No one knows. The worst is that the government's only solution to prevent this from happening again is to stop following up on spending after 2010. It is not silly if you think about it. It is rather brilliant, since if you do not track how money is spent, it is technically impossible to lose it.
Canadians deserve better—