Mr. Speaker, as usual the Reform Party is about one speaker too late. I think the hon member was referring to a former speaker's remarks. I did not make any comment with regard to Russia. But let me make a comment with regard to the Reform Party, the oh so pompous men and women of compassion who are going to solve all the problems.
Where was the same Reform compassion when its members said they would cut $3.5 billion from social assistance, $3 billion from old age security and $5 billion from the employment insurance program? Where was their compassion when they said they would cut $3 billion from provincial equalization payments and where was their compassion when they said they would dismantle the Canada pension plan and ignore the future of Canadians? That is not a party of compassion. That is a party that is misleading the Canadian people on this issue and many—