Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister would do well to affix a sign on the Indian affairs minister's desk in the House to read: "Engage brain at least 10 seconds before engaging mouth". If he were to do that it might cut down the excess of bovine scatology emanating from that end of the House.
Aside from the minister's bizarre and outrageous comments, he has now taken to making blatantly false statements in the House, such as the one he made yesterday when he said that I had never raised the Nisga'a land claim issue in this Chamber.
He back-pedalled furiously when challenged and said he meant to say that I had never taken sides with the Nisga'a. He reveals himself. To him resolving native land claims is all about taking sides. Small wonder the editorial page of the Toronto Star recently described the Liberals thus: ``The federal Liberals are the walking dead. They seem vibrant but the centre is empty. Poke at them and you can feel the dry rot.''