Mr. Speaker, Canadians thought when this government was elected that they might hear and witness something new.
Much to the disappointment of millions of Canadians all they got was the same old thing.
We have a government that announces with greatest fanfare a rehash of the Company of Young Canadians, basically Katimavik II; a great concept but are our youth willing to pay the bill on this borrowed money?
Ministers go to Atlantic Canada to tell Canadians there are no bold new ideas, just the usual tired old programs through which borrowed money substitutes for innovative job creation initiatives.
The experiments in judicial reform that have proved unsuccessful since their introduction in the 1960s and 1970s are another sign that creative solutions are not being found.
I would remind the government that yesterday's answers will not work when applied to today's questions; old songs by new singers are still old songs.
We need a new song for the new Canada. Reformers together with Canadians are working on the lyrics and the tune for "O Canada, New Canada".