Statement made on 03 March 2011 by Senator Tommy Banks (retired)
Hon. Tommy Banks:
Honourable senators, my last supplementary question is about Parks Canada. The Senate, in the past, has made clear in its many reports, both here and to the public, and in urgings to the government — the previous government and this one — that funding to Parks Canada is inadequate to ensure they can do their job properly, a job to which all Canadians subscribe. We see now that Parks Canada is to receive $114 million less in the coming year.
I know the leader's government has gotten us into the glue before the economic meltdown happened, and I know we are further into it now — the glue is thicker and we are more deeply into it. I know we have to make reductions. I know it is a mug's game to choose between whether to build one less hospital or buy one less airplane, but is the leader's government convinced that Parks Canada is the place to start cutting?
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