Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues in the House for extending the debate until 6.30 p.m. to enable me to comment.
I thank the mover, the hon. member from Laurier—Sainte-Marie. The motion before us is that the House condemns the attitude of the government which refuses to introduce in-depth reform of the legislation of the financing of political parties even though the existing legislation allows for a wide range of abuses.
That is a good motion and it should be debated again. I join my friend from Shuswap in saying that we need more of this discussion.
I wonder how my Liberal friends feel when they open their newspapers. They must shudder because the newspaper headlines are talking about Liberal sleaze, kickbacks and pay-offs.
Mr. Speaker, page after page—