Mr. Speaker, it never seems to amaze Canadians just how low the Reform leader and his band of merry jokers will go to grab a headline.
Take for example the Reform leader's shameful and inaccurate statements yesterday about government appointments which, by the way, are undeniably necessary.
Yesterday the Reform Party released a list of appointees, dubbing them “loyal Liberals” and also citing that“membership has its privileges”.
The Reform must have forgotten about people like Judd Buchanan for his supposed plum appointment as chairman of the National Tourism Board. This position garners a whopping $1 per year.
What about other so-called loyal Liberals such as Perrin Beatty, the Tory cabinet minister? Or better still, Jack Fraser was appointed to the Veterans Affairs and Appeals Board. By the way, he is a former Reform MP.
The Liberal government appoints people based on qualification, not party. The leader of the Reform Party and his band of jokers have it wrong again.
I think they owe their western supporters more than this. Shame on them.