“Madam Speaker, we, in the House, have had this question come up a number of times, and I am happy to reiterate some of the basic facts and maybe get into them in the returns. The reality is simple. When the minister found out, the minister acted. It is not reasonable to expect the minister to act before she found out on its surface. It is important that tax dollars are used properly. That is a fundamental principle of any democracy. That is a fundamental principle of any government. We have an independent review of the organization’s governance and structure under way in a third-party audit of the organization’s findings. This is the start of any such process. This is what proper governance looks like. The Auditor General would agree, as she found that doing a study herself would be “duplicative and therefore of limited added value for Parliamentarians and Canadians.” There is a process under way. We follow the rules in this country. We follow due process in this country. I look forward to hearing the results, as I know all Canadians do, and to making sure that we can further protect the spending of Canadian dollars.”
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Madam Speaker, The question · 12 wordsis the member talking about further protecting the tax dollars of Canadians?Claims · 41 wordsThere has been $300 million to a failed program and 200 million tax dollars that went unaccounted for during 10 years under the Liberal government’s watch, 1and the parliamentary secretary says, “Well, the minister acted when she found out about it.”2The question · 26 wordsWhat was she doing all this time?What were Liberal health ministers doing all this time?What part of ministerial responsibility does the minister not accept?
