Mr. Speaker, that is absolute pure nonsense. That member opposite lacks the spinal backbone to represent his constituents.
In the years that I was in the Liberal caucus, whenever I was faced with a choice of voting on the basis of my conscience or on the basis of what was right for the leader of the Liberal Party, I always voted consistent with the best interests of my constituents. I do not know if he knows his history. On many occasions I voted against the party and the leader, whether it was on the Meech Lake accord, cruise missile testing or on cutting health transfers to the provinces. He knows that when I was a member of the Liberal caucus I did not suck up to the PMO the way he sucks up to the PMO.