Mr. Speaker, I listened attentively to the member. He made the comment that we should not be here doing things to get re-elected, that we should be doing what we believe is right.
I want to remind the House of the words that came from the opposition during the whole budget preparation period, in October, November and December. All we heard were comments on pepper spray, water spray, gossip on airplanes, et cetera. Not once in the fall did we have a comprehensive debate in the House on tax reform or what we should do in this year's budget. Literally this year's budget was prepared by the government with very little input from the opposition.
My question is very specific. Can we have an undertaking from the opposition, because this budget has been put to bed other than a few votes, that maybe over the next few months finally the Reform Party will get back on to its agenda of comprehensive tax reform, take it seriously, create some meaningful debate in the House and stop criticizing for the sake of criticizing?