Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member opposite for the question. I reject outright his premise that we did not have a broad consensus in terms of where we are going. It is not a narrow vision. It is, rather, in the best interest of our great country and of all Canadians.
I have been amazed by the Tories since 1997. I was doing some research on this very important area. Two years ago the Tories called for cutbacks of $35 million from Transport Canada, and here they are today wanting to argue the other side. Can we imagine calling for those kinds of cutbacks and now arguing the other side?
I was reading not so long ago in the Montreal Gazette that the member for Cumberland—Colchester accused the minister of changing the ground rules to favour the Onex takeover bid. It is truly amazing that those Tories who wreaked havoc when Mulroney was in power are trying to do things today which are totally at odds with what we as a government are doing in a very effective and promising way for Canadians. Such nonsense will not be tolerated by the Canadian people.