Mr. Speaker, when the GST was introduced by the Tories in 1990, the Liberals of the day argued for a free vote. They said that the Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney, had promised more free votes in the House of Commons. The Tories said that they could not allow a free vote because it was a money measure. Of course the Liberals were outraged, or they feigned outrage, at this kind of response.
The current Prime Minister will not allow a free vote on another similar measure, and he kicks people out of the caucus.
Many Canadians, especially one from York South-Weston, would like to know the answer to this question: Since the Liberals deplored this kind of iron-fisted discipline while in opposition, what happened to them when they formed the government?