Mr. Speaker, I would like to start this evening by reflecting on a letter I received from my old office nurse. When I was a young physician in practice this nurse guided me in my early years. She was experienced. She was a good friend. She is a very moderate woman, a woman whose advice and ideas I admire. I quote from a portion of her letter:
Grant, I am so fed up with allowing men and women free reign in Parliament to use any means to promote sovereignty. When they do wrong they should be charged with treason.
This from a woman who is so moderate, so kind, so gentle, so typically Canadian. Reformers have placed on the table that charge.
I also quote a recent editorial by Peter Stockland of the Calgary Sun :
Whatever internal squabbling might be racking the Reform Party, we're comforted its MPs still know the real enemy when they see it.
That was demonstrated yesterday when Reformers fought furiously to keep Bloc Quebecois MP Jean-Marc Jacob from taking a-