Very briefly as usual, Mr. Speaker. I always follow your precious advice.
I was very surprised to hear the previous speaker, a member of the Liberal Party, express astonishment that a member of the Reform Party may have changed his mind or acted differently after an election. It is a distinctive feature of the Liberal Party to say one thing during the election campaign and something different after the campaign. The most conclusive evidence is the budget tabled by the Minister of Finance, which is exactly the kind of budget tabled by former Tory ministers.
I was surprised to hear the hon. member talk about contradictions as, when the Liberals were in opposition and the Conservatives dealt with unemployment through Bill C-113, I was also in opposition as a member of the Bloc Quebecois and I heard Liberal members cry out against that change. The last budget is doing worse things to the unemployed but they have not said a word. In closing, I am very surprised to see that when they were in opposition, they attacked the changes to old age pensions proposed by the Tory government, but now that they are in office, they do not hesitate to assail old age pensions.
I was very surprised when I heard the hon. member say that sewers are the solution in Canada and the distinctive characteristic of civilized countries. I thought it was culture, respect for young people, the right to work, and a finance minister who made the right decisions.