Mr. Speaker, like most other MPs, I spent Christmas break travelling around my riding of Skeena listening to the concerns of my constituents.
The majority of those concerns, as members may guess, deal with their unjust treatment at the hands of this Liberal government.
News of the day issues like silencing of the Somalia inquiry, the mishandling of the Airbus affair, the blood scandal, the broken GST promise and the bungling of the Pearson airport deal are all at the top of their minds.
There are also a litany of concerns specific to my constituents. Coast guard cutbacks, de-staffed light stations and DFO mismanaged fisheries top the list in Prince Rupert. People living in Terrace, Kitimat, Stewart and the Bulkley Valley seem incensed with the government's cramming gun control, native land claims and increasingly punitive taxes down their throats.
However, the most frequently asked question in Skeena is: "When is the Prime Minister going to call an election?" They and Canadians right across the country want to start counting the days until they can hold this government accountable for its broken promises.