Mr. Speaker, that is why I tried to relate some of the terms in my intervention to what so many Canadians are struggling with, be they young or otherwise. What is the equivalent value in the form of groceries of the money being corrupted away? Absolutely, responsibility, especially responsibility to fiscal management of taxpayer resources, needs to come back to the House.
Often in round tables at home, I say to folks I meet with who tell me of their struggles and ask for government help, governments of any stripe, be they municipal, provincial or federal, that no government has money. Governments only have the power to get money, municipally or provincially, by taxation or borrowing. The federal government can also do so by printing, which the government did, and now we are living with the consequences of that.
What young Canadians and what my own children and their families are looking for is responsibility in stewarding their tax resources. I believe it was the member for Kelowna—Lake Country who said the $400 million from this corruption, to take it back to the subject before us, is equivalent to 22,000 Canadian families' tax filings. Canadians, young ones especially, are looking for accountability, responsibility and proper stewardship regarding those funds.