Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I echo the sentiments of my colleague Mr. Braden, Member for Great Slave...

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...on the lack of consultation on behalf of the government in this expenditure of $3.4 million. Basically, Mr. Speaker, what amounts to a black hole, as Mr. Braden referred to it as, but we don't know what this is going to cost us, we don't know where we're going to get the money from and, Mr. Speaker, it's very irresponsible of the government to put forth a plan when they have no plan, Mr. Speaker.

This bill has $16 million in spending and $11 million of that, Mr. Speaker, is already spent. I've thought long and hard about whether or not I would vote in favour of this bill or vote against it, Mr. Speaker, and I just wanted to mention the reasons why I'm going to vote in favour of this bill. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to vote in favour of this bill -- as much as I'm going to have to hold my nose when I do so -- but, Mr. Speaker, it's for my colleagues here that I'm going to vote in favour of this because, as I see it, the government will pick on us. They will go after especially some of the Members' projects in their ridings and, Mr. Speaker...