Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we heard yesterday in the public accounts report, and as Members know the report of the Auditor General earlier, government travel is somewhat of a problem for us at the present time, and we recognize that. We are addressing
government travel in general, but in particular with regard to these points, there has been a lot of consideration given to eliminating the points as a benefit to the employee who accrues them.
If I could just give a little bit of a background, Mr. Speaker, we understand the federal government receives a four per cent discount from Canadian Airlines, and in return, Canadian Airlines attributes all the points to the Government of Canada, and then dumps the points at the end of each month. I have had one meeting with Canadian Airlines in that regard. We are pursuing the same kind of initiative, and one of the suggestions I have at the present time, Mr. Speaker, is that instead of accepting a discount we would accrue the points, and then we would administer those points to cultural groups, youth groups, sporting organizations...