I have to admit it is the Reform Party.
By coincidence this is the same party that wanted to be frugal. When it came to Ottawa the first thing it asked for was larger office space. This is the same party that came to Ottawa and rejected a limousine and had one delivered by the back entrance.
Shall I remind the House about the suitable venture of the leader of that party? Let us not talk about free contributions to people's RRSPs and other such ventures to enhance the salary package of those who were claiming that MPs were overpaid.
No, Mr. Speaker, I can assure you that today's debate has nothing to do with MPs' salaries and benefits. The debate held today in this House is about honesty and openness. That is the real issue being debated in this House.
As we can see, some members of a political formation across the way are now getting it in the neck with regard to openness, honesty and sincerity in this House.
We have been debating this bill for several hours already.
Last week Reform Party MPs proposed meaningless amendments to the bill because they did not want it to go to committee. Why did they not want it to go to committee? Because they did not really want a pay decrease. They wanted a pay increase. Now we know why they did not want the bill to go to committee. They produced dilatory motions to stop the bill from going to committee.
This morning they tried their best again to stop the bill from going to committee. It will not happen again. I move:
That the question be now put.