Chuck Strahl on Liberal Government

Mr. Speaker, here are the top 10 contradictions of the Liberal government.

1. The Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs advertises a Liberal fundraiser on privy council office letterhead, says he was wrong, then takes it all back again.

2. It takes secret ethical guidelines to hold cabinet ministers publicly accountable.

3. The term distinct society means nothing in the west but everything in Quebec.

4. The term red book promise and the ever present GST.

5. Democracy and the Liberal constituency nomination process.

6. The head of the standing committee on defence is a peacenik.

7. We will not lower taxes, Canadians, because the Liberal government feels it knows better than you do how to spend your own money.

8. Fourteen Senate appointments after promising in 1990 that after two years a Liberal government will elect the Senate.

9. Our millionaire Prime Minister imagines that he is hanging out with the homeless.

And the top contradiction of the Liberal government:

1. The Minister of Health apparently smokes cigars.