Mr. Speaker, we want to congratulate the wonderful Reform Party campaign workers in the constituency of Labrador and their excellent candidate, John McGrath. Working together with the constituents they have changed the political momentum in Atlantic Canada raising the Reform share of the popular vote from zero to 30 per cent in our very first election there.
While the people of Labrador have set a new first, they have soundly rejected the Progressive Conservatives of course and have shown their willingness to consider a new political alternative in the Reform Party of Canada. I can assure the people of Labrador that we are in Labrador to stay and we will be even more active in the months and years ahead.
We also congratulate the new member for Labrador. We hope he enjoys his short stay in the House of Commons. We urge him, no we dare him, to stand up for the rights of his constituents because the voters have served noticed that in the coming days the person who puts the party ahead of the constituents will have to find a new job come the next general election.