Mr. Speaker, speaking of howling, it appears I may have struck a chord by questioning the Liberals' nomination not election process. The normally docile government backbenchers came alive with protests and howls of indignation.
The hon. member for Cumberland-Colchester passionately claimed that she was duly elected in her riding and the hon. member for Edmonton East-I could go on and on today-went to great lengths to show that residents in her riding and no one else chose a Liberal candidate.
How about some testimonials from those who were perhaps appointed? How about the hon. member for Etobicoke-Lakeshore? Why is she so quiet? What about York Centre or Hull-Aylmer? Nothing to say? We want testimonials from these people. How about my friend from Saskatoon-Humboldt? Does she have any comments on the nomination?
Were these people appointed or democratically nominated, not elected? Do they subscribe to the views of their Prime Minister who when asked why he appointed more than 14 candidates, male and female, said in a press conference "sometimes Canadians just cannot be trusted to make the right choice".