Mr. Speaker, Canadians want accountability and credibility restored in their politicians and the political system.
Canadians feel that this House is too partisan to focus on important issues. When politicians look in the mirror each morning, they should see 100,000 people they were elected to represent, not their party whip.
Canadians want their politicians to learn from their mistakes and take their jobs seriously. Canadians want their politicians to listen to the debate in the House and then make up their minds as to how to vote, not just come out of their groundhog holes at voting time and vote as they are told to vote. Many members occasionally did not even know what they voted for.
Let us act as responsible democratic law makers. We can restore credibility in politicians by awakening our consciousness and listening to our own hearts and the 100,000 hearts that elected us, not the party whip.
Let us be reminded to be credible and accountable to the people who elected us.