OTTAWA – As Justice Gomery issued his interim report on the federal sponsorship program today, Jay Hill, Member of Parliament for Prince George-Peace River and Official Opposition House Leader, urged MPs to reflect upon the Canadians who were short-changed by this multi-million dollar abuse of taxpayers’ money.

Hill made the following statement in the House of Commons today:

“Mr. Speaker, today, as this country pours over the details of Justice Gomery’s interim report on the Sponsorship Program, I would like to remind this House of those individual Canadians who are truly affected by this scandal.

Think of whom that 250 million dollars, when combined with the money blown on all of the other scandalous and wasteful Liberal programs, could have helped.

Think of seniors on fixed incomes this winter who face the choice of heating their homes or putting food on their tables.

Think of the students who face a bleak future burdened by the threat of bankruptcy due to exorbitant tuition and student loans.

Think of our nation’s farmers who face the very real prospect of losing their family farms because they cannot survive one crisis after another.

Think of the thousands of sick and dying patients who face a wait for desperately needed medical treatment that will not come in time.

We should think of the millions of low and middle-income over-taxed parents who face an uphill struggle to provide their young children with a secure and hopeful future.

These are the people the federal Liberal government could have helped, but did not, because it was more preoccupied with serving its own self-interest.”

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For more information, please contact:
Jay Hill, M.P. (613) 947-4524 or (250) 787-119