Mr. Speaker, about a month ago, I had the opportunity to stand in this House and ask the Minister of Public Services and Procurement about the Phoenix issue, and I took the opportunity to congratulate her on her nomination for the Teddy award. The Teddy award, of course, is an award given by the Taxpayers Federation for government waste. Now, I made a big error in that comment. I overlooked mentioning that this is the second year in a row that the department and the minister have received a nomination for waste regarding the Phoenix system, the Liberal Phoenix fiasco.
I also overlooked some of the other Teddy awards, including the $8.2 million that Heritage Canada wasted on a parliamentary skating rink and the $100,000 for the health minister's Twitter account, to do two tweets a day. I also overlooked commenting on Finance Canada spending $192,000 to receive a Teddy award nomination for the money wasted on its budget 2017 book.
I apologize to the Liberal government for overlooking the nominations received from the Taxpayers Federation.
Getting back to the public services and procurement minister, we have been at this for over two years with Phoenix. We have asked again and again how the Liberals are going to fix it and what the plan is. All we have received is empty platitudes and talking points.
Again, I ask the minister, when will they deliver a plan to this House? When will they end the empty talking points, the platitudes, and deliver a plan to fix the Liberal Phoenix fiasco?