That is certainly not a fair way of doing things, and if I had had that $7,700 in my campaign during the election there would be a different member sitting in Ottawa right now. What happened in Random--Burin--St. George’s--done on our $18,000, I believe, which we spent in a month, and we came within 1,400 votes of the sitting member--shows me that had that $7,700 been spent on my campaign, or had the Conservative Party of Canada done anything in my campaign, there would be a different member there now.
On August 13th, 2008. See this statement in context.