Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to say briefly that we support the comments by the Conservative members about the Liberals. In the present circumstances, it is very obvious that what has been done is very harmful to the government's pre-budgetary consultations.
I would like to speak about my personal situation. I conducted a pre-budgetary consultation in my riding and constituents kept asking me if it was serious, if it would be taken into consideration, if they would be able to see the results of the suggestions they were making. I said that when I was elected to Parliament, this pre-budgetary consultation process did not really exist. It can be considered one of this government's good moves.
But today, with the news of the leak, everything that has been said—and that is what I told my constituents as their member of Parliament—has been thrown into question by the fact that there is now no point in participating, that this is more political opportunism to give one party a leg up over the others.
I therefore find the comment by the Conservative member to be very relevant. The government can try to make the best of it by allowing two days of debate. I think that that would perhaps be interesting.
My feeling as a parliamentarian, however, was that I and the constituents in my riding who took part in the consultations had been taken for a ride.