Queensway Carleton Hospital  Mr. Speaker, we must be striking a nerve here. We might be getting a little too close to the truth. There is a second Ottawa as well. The Liberals do not want to hear about it, but there is a second Ottawa. It is where people work hard, play by the rules, pay their taxes and stand up for their community.

Queensway Carleton Hospital  Mr. Speaker, they seem very nervous at hearing the truth. These are the words of Jeff Polowin, the former chair of the hospital. He said that the Liberal rent increase as scheduled at the end of the current lease could cost as many as 40 nurses. But it is worse than that. It could prevent the construction of the new cancer care centre.

Queensway Carleton Hospital  Mr. Speaker, in conclusion, we have a classic case of the people versus the powerful, a group of community members who are rising up to support a local community hospital versus an unholy alliance between the separatist Bloc and the governing Liberals. The New Democrats are supporting us and I thank them for doing so.

Queensway Carleton Hospital  Mr. Speaker, there is that Ottawa that seeks to use rules to obstruct honest debate. There is the Ottawa that helps Liberal cronies and Liberal friends. It is that Ottawa for which the Liberal member for Ottawa West--Nepean speaks. It is that Ottawa for which the member for Ottawa--Orléans speaks.

Queensway Carleton Hospital  Mr. Speaker, I will be debating on the amendment. Let me tell members very bluntly, I will never apologize for fighting for the interests of my constituents just because they happen to live in the national capital region. That member should be ashamed of himself for suggesting that people who live in the national capital region should not have effective representation on the floor of the House of Commons.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to present a petition on behalf of thousands of my constituents who support the Queensway Carleton Hospital in its efforts to avoid a massive Liberal rent increase. Of course the hospital sits on federal government land and the Liberals have been charging it rent.

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, The Globe and Mail is reporting today that KPMG had found irregularities in the activities of the firm run by the family of the MP for Pontiac. Does the Minister of Public Works—

Government Contracts  Mr. Speaker, my question is more generally pertaining to Liberal fat and Liberal corruption, then. KPMG did an additional audit on approximately $16 million worth of additional contracts that were handed out and it found serious irregularities in that amount of money. We already know that some of this money went directly to Liberal friends and Liberal cronies, some of whom sit in the House of Commons now.

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I rise today with honour to introduce petitions on behalf of constituents in my riding who wish to see the government finally show some leadership in seeking a national framework that would see autism treatment covered by health insurance as part of an overall universal health care system.

Government Aircraft  Mr. Speaker, it is a two hour drive. Talk about sticking it to taxpayers. That gives new meaning to the term “mile high club”. The Minister of Transport said yesterday that flying rules are too tough, that Liberals deserve even more mile high limousine rides. While ordinary Canadians struggle to fill their gas tanks, while they work hard and play by the rules, why are these Liberal ministers spending millions of dollars on the backs of those same taxpayers, jetting around the country?

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be cautious but I will not be silenced by that member's dilatory motions intended to interrupt the truth in the House of Commons.

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate those words of wisdom. Once again, there was a criminal conspiracy involving 600 people over a seven year period and not a single person has gone to jail. Two and a half years after we learned about this massive criminal Liberal conspiracy, not one person has gone to jail.

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, the member correctly pointed to several instances of Liberal theft, Liberal fraud, Liberal corruption and Liberal crime. These instances are becoming so frequent that they scarcely even make news any more. We had a Liberal government that systematically stole over $100 million over the period of seven years, shovelling much of it back into Liberal Party coffers, a criminal conspiracy in which up to 600 different individuals are implicated.

Liberal Government  Mr. Speaker, today we celebrate a year of broken promises on the anniversary of the last Liberal throne speech. First, the speech promised to reduce Liberal corruption, yet Technology Partnerships Canada has lost nearly two billion tax dollars, partly to illegal Liberal lobbyists and millions more are wasted on Liberal ministerial excesses.

Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the President of the Treasury Board for his remarks. I thank fellow committee members of all parties who made a contribution to bringing about this bill. I believe this bill is imperfect, but it is an improvement over the status quo. As a representative of thousands of public servants in my national capital region riding, I am honoured to have been part of the team that helped put this bill together.