Mr. Speaker, the Reform Party is having a big convention this weekend in Vancouver. Canadians are wondering what steps the Reform Party is taking to preserve party dignity. To assist, a reading from the gospel according to the leader, the hon. member for Calgary Southwest: "If you think that it is going to be that type of meeting, get as many sane, sober people there as possible. Overwhelm the kook element".
Canadians will wonder which membership list the Reform Party has borrowed to overwhelm the kook element. To quote the Reform gospel again: "Why should a few extremists and eccentrics have more influence with you than I do? Why should they have more influence than the large number of Reformers who are neither extreme nor eccentric?"
Where are these Reformers who are neither extreme nor eccentric? Tune in this weekend on Canada's parliamentary channel and see the greatest circus since P.T. Barnum.
The Speaker: I draw the attention of hon. members to the presence in the gallery of Manitok Thompson who is Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs and Minister Responsible for the Women's Directorate, Government of the Northwest Territories.