Mr. Speaker, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has skimmed $80 million out of the parliamentary appropriation to the Great Lakes Commission, against the authorization of this Parliament. This is the testimony before committee by the commission itself. The DFO acknowledged that.
Finally, after work of the fisheries committee and the pressure of the fisheries committee opposed by every Ontario Liberal, the Prime Minister assigned the order in council for it to be transferred to Global Affairs, except it was smoke and mirrors, like everything the government does. It was to help kill the sea lampreys, which suck the blood out of fish, somewhat like the Liberals. The issue is that they kept the money in DFO. The DFO still gets to control it, still gets to control the money switched over there, and is still skimming.
Why does the Liberal government believe it is right for over $80 million of taxpayer money to be skimmed out of this program against the authorization of Parliament?