Mr. Speaker, Liberal and Conservative senators are angry.
Not only did the Auditor General have the nerve to question their spending, but he also had the nerve to send in young people. Some senators have never seen a young twentysomething accountant.
Liberal Senator Joseph Day said he was concerned that the auditors were young.
One Conservative complained about a 22-year-old kid running around asking him questions about his spending, and he was critical of these young auditors sticking their noses in his business. Taxpayers pay for his business.
That is the Canadian Senate: useless, unelected officials who object as soon as they are asked to be accountable for their $92 million budget.
What is worse is that the Prime Minister and the Liberal leader claim that this archaic institution, which refuses to be accountable, is still relevant.
The NDP will continue to get our young people involved, to be proud of them and to let them defend the interests of taxpayers while the Conservatives just neglect them.