Mr. Speaker, I find the suggestion that somehow the hon. member for Halifax West should withdraw his remarks ridiculous on the face of it when Hansard actually records the fact that this was said. The member has said that he knows full well that it came from the Reform Party. He has made that claim and will stand by it. The fact is that somebody in the House said this. Whoever that person was ought to own up to it and withdraw it for all the good reasons that the member for Halifax West elucidated in his speech.
The Reform Party, instead of trying to defend this and trying to avoid the reality of this, should show a little more shame and say they will find out who among their members did this.