Mr. Speaker, prior to budget day, the government received a lot of free advice from the Reform Party on how to tackle Canada's debt and deficit. It still rings in our ears: Get your spending under control. Eliminate the deficit.
We now learn the Reform Party itself has slipped into the red. It is the truth. Scout's honour, cross my heart and hope to die. The Reform Party is running a deficit. The party which preaches frugality has been spending more than it earns. It has failed to balance its books. It cannot control its urge to spend.
Wait until the people back home get the news. What will their constituents think when they learn the Reformers' motto: Do as I preach, not as I do. The hypocrisy, the betrayal.
Perhaps Reform MPs need another telephone town hall. Take heed Reformers or you might just hear that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.