Madam Speaker, I am pleased to note the tone the Liberals will be adopting in this debate. It is rather distressing.
They are comparing apples and oranges. This is the first time I have heard the Liberals comparing Canada to Puerto Rico. This gives us some idea of how low they can stoop.
Canada is G7 country. Its economy ranks 7th in the world. They are trying to compare Puerto Rico, which is a political dependency of the United States, with Canada, which is not, and where we could have a say on the North American and pan-American monetary policy. This is an opportunity we must not let slip through our fingers.