Thank you, Chair, for allowing me to speak.
I want to thank my colleagues across the way for introducing me to my very first filibuster. Make no mistake about it. It was a very elegant one and a very polite one, but nonetheless a filibuster. This is quite concerning to me, considering that my colleague from the Bloc Québécois is trying to pass a motion to understand why there are cost overruns and why 60,000 seniors didn't get their cheques on time.
Today, we witnessed exactly what a Liberal majority will look like over the next three years. We've seen members across the way accuse my colleague of slander. They have accused him of saying that every hour spent filibustering is costing Canadians, as they filibuster, and they are questioning budgets when clearly we've wasted a lot of time and money here at the expense of the Canadian taxpayer, so much so that they are marching in other Liberals from the other committees they're filibustering to filibuster our committee.
Today is a stain on the clean track record this committee has had, and it's unfortunate that I had to witness it. It's clear that they're going to run the clock until eight o'clock. We're going to go in and vote. After that, they will change the committees. They will win that vote. When we come back here, they will have another member, and they will shut this down.
This is not democracy. In my very young political career, it's just unfortunate that I had to see it in this committee. A lot of good faith and a lot of goodwill, I think, were thrown out the window today.
Thank you, Chair.