Mr. Speaker, it is extremely difficult to sit here, coming from the same province, and listen to a message that I know the people are not conveying in our province. The people are saying: "What about the MP pension plan? You talk about setting an example and showing us that you really care about us. Are you taking the pension that none of us can get after only six years at age 55? Do you think that is fair? Is that setting an example"? I know what the people in Alberta are saying.
The member who just spoke had a meeting of 17 people and we had 800 people out to a meeting on the same evening. I know what the people there were saying. It is very difficult to sit here and listen to a misrepresentation of the grassroots. They care that their income is continually dropping.
The member is right. They care about medicare and so do we. They care about those terrible waiting lists that exist now. They care about the downsizing and the offloading that the Liberals are doing while saying that they are holier than thou. It is time they set an example instead of being all talk and no action.