The Liberals knew the Reform was going to stand up and...

The Liberals knew the Reform was going to stand up and question them on minute details about spending. So what they would do is put some of their most controversial policies forward, but they would leak something to the Reform Party about a minor spending glitch, someone spending too much in a restaurant. And they knew Question Period would then focus on that small matter and the big matter would get by, and it worked until the Reform caught on.