Mr. Speaker, I think the member said “be we Canadians or Albertans”. I think Albertans are Canadians as well.
That being said, I agree with what the hon. member said in his speech today. I just want assurance that the Liberal Party will not change its position.
I remember back in 1974 when Liberal leader Pierre Trudeau campaigned against price and wage controls against Bob Stanfield from Nova Scotia and the famous line “zap, you are frozen”. He won a majority government and all of a sudden in came wage and price controls.
I remember the famous GST debate when the predecessor of the Reform Party, its hero Brian Mulroney brought, in the GST. Who campaigned against the GST? The Liberal Party. It is in power. I just checked today and the GST is still there. The Liberals changed their minds.
I also remember a famous free trade debate once again brought in by the Conservative Party. I see free trade is still there. The Liberals changed their minds.
Will the Liberal Party to be a chameleon from here to eternity or can we trust that what the member is now saying will remain as Liberal policy for at least the next four or five years?