Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is preparing to go to the polls after only three and a half years in office, the earliest election call by a majority government in 50 years.
Why is it that the government is going to the polls so early? Not because it has anything new to say on generating jobs. Not because it has anything new to say on its high record of taxation and debt. Not because it has anything new to say on national unity. The government is calling an early election because it has run out of steam. "Running on Empty" is the name of this movie.
How can it be that this Liberal government is so utterly devoid of new ideas that it has to go to the polls after only three and a half years?