Mr. Speaker, congratulations to Lou Sekora on a solid victory in yesterday's byelection.
The voters of Port Moody—Coquitlam have put their confidence in a Liberal member to represent their interests in the House of Commons. We will not let them down.
The Reform Party claims that it is the only voice for British Columbia, but yesterday the voters rejected Reform's divisive, narrow politics.
The fact is that Liberals have increased their percentage of the vote in this riding consistently since 1993. Clearly British Columbians want good government and will vote for members who represent their day to day concerns.
Finally, yesterday shows that no Reform seat is safe in western Canada. Together with other Liberals from western Canada and from every part of the country, we will build a strong British Columbia and therefore a strong Canada.