Thank you, Mr. Chair.
What do we want? We all want the truth.
How far will we go? We are told that we should be concerned about current issues, but they are doing everything they can to ensure that we do not achieve our goal.
I am really overwhelmed by the mixed messages. If you are going to talk the talk, you have got to walk the walk, as they say. I don't like to repeat myself. After I have repeated the same thing three times to my children, they are surely going to be punished. I must admit, however, that in politics, I have discovered a new number for counting repetitions: a gazillion. It is all hard to swallow. I have to accept it, but it is not easy.
People tell us about the issues in Parliament. When I speak to you, what am I looking for? Is it power? Come on! As has been said before, when you want to defend the public's interests, you focus on what they really need. I am saying loud and clear that we need to move on. Mr. Chair, you can blame me for saying that, but there are no limits here. Anything goes, but democracy doesn't seem to go at all.
It is 3:22 p.m. and we will wait until 3:26 p. m. to find out that it's no longer possible. I have been here since the beginning. I only missed 12 minutes, whereas we have now been meeting for 35 hours. It is just unbelievable. You are going to have to give me some arguments, colleagues, so that when I am home on the weekend, I can explain to anyone who asks about my job, what it is basically all about, and what they elected me for. They will point out that I am clearly not solving their high-speed Internet problem or helping them get through the pandemic. We cannot even say that we are able to take care of our people anymore. That is not what I'm doing right now.
New participants are being brought in. With all due respect, I must tell you, colleagues, that I will be vigilant. Since I only missed 12 minutes of the meeting, when I hear what is being said, I will remember what has been said. In addition, I will also have the blues in front of me and I will not hesitate to speak up. I'm going to be tiresome, but this has to stop. It makes no sense.
I am embarrassed and ashamed. I have said it a “gazillion” times already, but no one understood. Having said that, I invite democracy to take its rightful place. We have thoroughly examined the issue. I will not tell you in detail why I believe that, by dragging out the debates, by wanting to hide or change things too much and with everything pointing to a loss of confidence, we have indeed reached that point.
But all we hear is that there is nothing to hide. If that is truly the case, let's take action. Then we can really focus on what we are supposed to do. So for the umpteenth time, I invite my colleagues to cast their vote so that we can finally see the results of democracy. We have been elected, as part of this government, and I still do not understand why the rules are so lax.