Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question.
Although I do not agree, I can understand why the minister wants all this power. When it comes right down to it, I do not believe that he thinks he is accountable to the House or even to his cabinet colleagues, but instead is accountable to the people who can afford to attend one of his cocktail fundraisers. That seems to be the bad habit that this government is developing, and this is even more worrisome as we debate the budget given all the consultations that have taken place.
It seems that every day we discover that another minister attended a high-priced cocktail party with people whose interests are being catered to by this budget.
As my colleague said so well, that is not transparency, and it is not the so-called real change that was promised.