Tory sleaze, yes. I thank the hon. member for helping me out in this presentation.
All we in the Reform Party are doing is asking that the government just do one more small thing to try and restore the confidence of the Canadian voters and that is to let the settling of this agreement, the cancelling of this agreement, the wrap-up of it become one small bit more transparent.
It is not our intention to hold this thing up for a length of time that would in fact cost millions of dollars as the hon. member opposite indicated. We simply want the government once it has determined if any, and I hope that there is none, claims are worthy to be considered for payment that it would simply present these claims either to the Standing Committee on Transport for examination by all three parties or to a special committee formed by the government, whatever the case. It would not entail a long period of time to get a recommendation from that committee.
This is not a huge order in the scope of this. This is just one more small step that the government can take to toward restoring the confidence of the voters and in fulfilling its election promise of transparency and openness in the way the government does business.
People have a lot of questions about the Pearson airport deal. They never want to see a deal like this again in this country. It is incumbent upon the government to consider laying all the facts before the public and the three parties in this House so that they can be examined in detail.
We are not asking for a huge delay, just one more small opportunity to open this up so that the public will be able to see in a timely fashion and not wait until the Auditor General makes a report next year because the voting public wants to see this openness happening now. They want to see examples of it on a daily basis. That is what this amendment would do.
It would actually help the government in power to get its message of openness across. I am surprised frankly that there is any opposition to this by the government. I urge those members to reconsider their position. Let us forget about partisan politics here and put the interests of the Canadian public first and foremost in everything we do. Let us do the right thing in this House.