Mr. Speaker, this motion is about policies that allow outsourcing to people who are inside the house. It obviously does not make sense to allow outsourcing to people who are already inside the house.
It sounds to me like the NDP members are saying that they would oppose any instance whatsoever of the government using outside contractors. We have said that there has been a significant growth in spending within the public service and there has also been a significant increase in outside contractors. There are people hired to hire other people, and there are instances of people being brought in to provide strategic advice, such as those at McKinsey, which should be provided by those within the public service.
We think we can cut down on the abuse of this outsourcing, and there are obvious instances of corruption, the misuse of this, that can clearly be eliminated. That is what we have committed to tackle right away.