Mr. Speaker, I am a little bit surprised and somewhat amazed that the hon. member opposite would suggest that $1 billion of hard-earned taxpayer money going to the CBC should be handed over without accountability and some kind of oversight by this government, which was elected by the people to ensure that their hard-earned dollars are not in any way, shape or form squandered, wasted or otherwise misdirected.
I wonder if the member opposite could explain his value system with respect to how we deal with taxpayers' hard-earned money.