Madam Speaker, I should note to my hon. colleague that I am always passionate in debate. This is no exception. To suggest, which Reformers are often prone to do, that I became passionate about this subject because of a greed factor is really a low blow. I believe it is beyond a member's stature, or should be, in the House of Commons.
To suggest this is about thou shalt not steal, from the Bible, to invoke that in this debate, to suggest this is stealing, is below being low. And to use terms such as trough to try to excite the passions of people simply for political gain is even lower still.
When I mentioned the parliamentary restaurant, flying executive class, et cetera, why did I do that? Because that party is double-talk; that party pretends one thing and does other things.
That party is exploiting this issue-not all members, but some-because it has no issue. The polls are so bad that it virtually does not exist. That party's members are flailing about, trying to find something that will capture the imagination of people. That is the party which comes forward with a budget that has no sense at all, that is absolutely denounced by virtually anyone who knows anything about budgets.