Government Operations committee  Point of order, Madam Chair.

Government Operations committee  Point of order, Madam Chair. Point of order.

Government Operations committee  Point of order, Madam Chair.

Government Operations committee  Point of order, Madam Chair.

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, a point of order.

Government Operations committee  Point of order.

Government Operations committee  Point of order, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I have a point of order. I am a member of Parliament and I'm entitled to speak.

Government Operations committee  Point of order.

Government Operations committee  Point of order.

Government Operations committee  We're here to give you the truth. You can't handle the truth.

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, let us not look at a partisan response. Let us look at what an officer of this Parliament, the Auditor General, had to say about this issue. She said: We may think that the meetings only last for a few days, but all the preparations involve extensive planning, extensive coordination for months before that, and I think we have to be very careful.

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, regrettably, security costs money. We do not want to spend this money but we need to spend this money. If we compare this to the summit that Japan hosted for just the G8, we see that its security costs were more than $1.5 billion. We have an important responsibility to keep people safe and ensure that people and property in the city of Toronto and the great region of Muskoka are safe.

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, I will point to the security costs for the London Olympics. It will cost London some $2.5 billion Canadian for these Olympics. There will be more delegates participating in the G8 and G20 summits than there were Olympic athletes in the city of Vancouver. I will be very clear when I say that these are not costs we want to spend.

G8 and G20 Summits  Mr. Speaker, this government will always treat the people of Toronto fairly. For years the people of Toronto lacked infrastructure funding. For years the people of Toronto lacked funding to support their public transit. This government has shown unprecedented commitment to the people of Toronto, whether it is in the area of public transit, whether it is municipal infrastructure, whether it is not just making the gas tax permanent, but doubling it for them.

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, absolutely not. Let me say this very directly to the leader of the fourth party, regrettably security costs money. This is not money that we want to spend. This is money that security experts tell us we must spend. There will be literally tens of thousands of people from around the world, in addition to the 30 world leaders who will be visiting Canada.