Mr. Speaker, there is a disgusting pattern emerging in this type of answer.
First we have campaign promises: scrap the GST, free votes in the House of Commons. Then we have the red book interpretation, modification, qualification. Then we have the government's action which is something else again. We end up having a simple, clear promise broken and public trust in the government broken. There is no integrity here.
Is it now the government's position not to allow free votes on government legislation?