Madam Speaker, that is a great question, and I thank my colleague for his hard work on the file. We asked pretty much the same question last year in the estimates. How many resumés were there? It was 68. I asked if they were making sure they were qualified to be senators. Were they from the right province and so on? They said no, they just print them and send them on. I said I could do that in an afternoon over a pot of coffee and write a poorly written speech, as I just did. The government is oblivious.
The $1.4 million could probably renovate a minister's office, but it is double what the government invested in shelters for women escaping abuse last year. There was $1.2 million to renovate the Minister of Status of Women's office, $1.4 million for secretarial support, and $700,000 to support the women who actually need it. This shows the ridiculousness of the government and its out-of-touch spending.