Mr. Speaker, I was interested to hear the previous speaker not cite the example of Ontario under the NDP in his very eloquent defence of what one could only call a dramatic shift in the philosophy of this party at certain provincial levels dating back to the Tommy Douglas days.
Tommy Douglas was a great Canadian, I might add. He contributed tremendous things to our country. Regardless of political stripe, we have to be proud of the legacy of someone like that.
It is interesting to see what has happened in Saskatchewan. The member does not mention the hospital closings, the privatization and the shift in the burden, the changes. The reality that Mr. Romanow faced when he took office was that they were going to literally devalue the financial status of that province if he did not make some dramatic adjustments.
I am sharing my time with the hon. member for Scarborough Southwest.
Take a look at the policies of Tony Blair and the Labour Party in England. Mr. Blair is showing in my view the fact that there need to be adjustments from the extremes.
It is interesting. The Liberal Party has been in that position for years. What does it say, we represent the radical centre and not the extreme of the left.