Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his question. Yes, indeed, I will be holding townhall meetings. My goal is to hold at least 50 townhall meetings throughout the next four to five years. Because I have such a large rural and urban riding, I think it is my responsibility and that of my staff to go out to the communities and speak to them on these issues.
I want to have the hon. member understand why I am sitting in this House and what gave me the push to get in here. It was the last townhall meeting, the very famous one, where the prime minister spoke to a woman from Quebec. She told the prime minister that she had three degrees and was finding it very difficult to get a job. His response was “Well, Madam, you know in life some people are lucky, some are not”.
The second he said that I phoned my provincial secretary and asked him to tell me what I had to do to become a candidate in the next election so that I could face the prime minister and his party and question him on the fact that we do not base our society on luck. We base it on hard work, compassion and fairness.