Mr. Speaker, the sad saga of the hon. member's campaign to try to defend an indefensible deal is pathetic.
In this situation I want to quote directly, because the allegation the hon. member made last week and is repeating again today about the potential for the purchase by the government of Terminal 3 has been refuted not only by the government. Jack Fleischmann, speaking for Claridge president Peter Coughlin, said: "The idea of selling the terminal may have been raised casually, but never in a serious way. To characterize it in any way as serious or semi-serious is just ridiculous."
The hon. member should check with members of his party. I do not really believe that anybody other than the hon. member in the Reform Party supports the Pearson deal.