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House Hansard - 82

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Eric Duncan (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, CPC)
  • Jun/6/22 3:49:50 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, my colleague and I served at the public accounts committee together for a while. The Auditor General concluded that the government is spending more money but getting less service for it. We saw it recently with the report tabled last week on services for veterans' disabilities. I would like him to comment, from his time at public accounts, about the frustrations. It is one thing to spend money; it is another thing to manage it properly, which the government is not doing.
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Context: House Hansard - 82 - Jun/6/22
Mr. Philip Lawrence
  • Jun/6/22 3:50:14 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I enjoyed serving with the hon. member for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry. I agree with what the Auditor General said. In my year and a half at the public accounts committee, I became increasingly frustrated that government departments, and indeed the Liberal government, were measuring success not on the results they achieved but on the money they spent. To repeat, an expensive failure is still a failure.
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