Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Why is it so hard to get information from Liberal governments? I spent 10 years in opposition in Nova Scotia. It was the same problem. It was a Liberal government whose arrogance made them think that they were the holders of everything: “Who cares about the opposition? Who cares about Canadians? We're doing the right thing for you.”
Then I come to this Parliament, where the rules and traditions are greater, and what do I find? I see it's worse. With all due respect to the Nova Scotia member on this committee, Mr. Kelloway, because Nova Scotians tend to take care of themselves, when I see this blatant disregard for the rule of Parliament, the simple request for Canadians to be able to see the contracts and how the decision-making has been done by this government, the total disregard for it sickens me.
I had high hopes being on the health committee that we could find out about issues, that we could talk about things that are important to my constituents, that we could actually talk about health issues.
Member Sidhu is here. I'm very happy that she brought her diabetes bill. I'm so proud that she was able to pass it unanimously in the House of Commons. That's how working together actually works. My hat is off to you.
However, what I see here is this blatant disregard, especially by the parliamentary secretary, to come up with this false narrative: “It's because of how the motion was written.” Come on. The government does not want to release these documents, and they are hell-bent on trying to hide it. Why?
Let's get a report done. Let's be parliamentarians and uphold the law and represent the people who put us here and support the release of these documents.
My final point would be this. This disarray by government and this arrogance, I will call it, that “It's not our fault.” They're the keepers of the government, but “It's not our fault.”
Ms. O'Connell likes to bring up the Conservatives. We'll use Mr. Lamoureux's line, “The unholy group of Conservatives and NDP”. That's what Lamoureux is starting to use these days, but “It's not our fault. It's the provinces' fault. It's the Conservatives' fault. It's the manufacturers' fault.” It's everybody's fault but the government's.
They should be ashamed. They should support this motion. We need to get down to the information. Enough of this masquerade. I've had enough.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.