Madam Speaker, when I listen to the member for Surrey Central it sounds like he is speaking about a third world country. We have the best country in the world and there is an historical reason why that is so.
When I listen to the member talk about credibility I have to ask him for which party he ran for nomination in the last election. He lost that nomination and then went over to the Reform. That is credibility.
He made a comment regarding the auditor general's finding on $800 million which relate to the infrastructure fund for renewal of research infrastructure. That $800 million commitment was made in the last budget. The liability occurred in the last budget. All the member can criticize is the fact that we were up front with taxpayers. We said that we incurred an $800 million liability in the last budget and that we would experience a debt in that fiscal year. If that is not honesty in accounting, I do not know what is. There was a genuine disagreement with the auditor general. Most members of the public accounts committee disagreed with the auditor general.
The member opposite who likes to flip-flop from one party to another is trying to confuse the issue. When will he stand in the House to acknowledge the fact that Canada is the best country in the world in which to live? Immigrants and refugees from all over the world want to come to this country. When will he stand up for Canada instead of running it down continually?