Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member for bringing forward the motion, which we will be supporting as well.
In response to a question from my colleague around the issue of giving the Auditor General a clear legislative mandate to oversee and audit the spending of the House of Commons, the NDP has been pushing for this for some time. I understand from the member that he is favourable to that and that the Liberals will be accepting changes and modifications to include the Auditor General as part of that. The member and I agree completely on that. Canadians assume the Auditor General already has jurisdiction, and they would be quite surprised to learn that the Auditor General does not.
I wonder if the member could clarify what he is saying. Does he support the Auditor General being called upon to oversee and verify these expenses?