Mr. Speaker, the member would have us believe that the Reform Party has come to Ottawa to begin thinking about what the country needs. I did not come to Ottawa because I was interested in the self-serving drivel I have heard from the opposite side and the government benches. I entered politics because of serious concerns of longstanding issues that need redress from my part of the country.
We did not go into Labrador simply to win a byelection. We were there long before this byelection was called. This is not a new issue that the Reform Party has dreamed up. This is an old, old issue that has been hurting and crying for redress for years and years and years. Simply because the Reform Party has the guts to stand up and say that enough is enough, something has to be done does not mean it was invented by the Reform Party.
We are simply speaking on behalf of the people who have been calling for redress for decades. This is nonsense that I am hearing from the member. This is an unjust contract. He knows it and what he says is to serve his own political purposes.