Mr. Speaker, I am absolutely amazed that the member would be complaining about members doing work to help constituents in their ridings. Every single day this week the member has privately crossed the floor to talk to me about a particular project in his riding. It involves considerable expenditure of the taxpayers' money but of course I want to consider it because I respect the integrity of the member.
In the House of Commons on December 16th, 1999. See this statement in context.