Mr. Speaker, I suppose the member is free to say what he just said, but the record should be clear that what he said obviously applies to 95% of his own caucus. They voted for that particular motion by my New Democratic colleague. It was not my motion. It was the motion of the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle.
What if we took that attitude toward everything, that it cannot be done, that it cannot be done until everybody does it? There is some truth in that. We are talking about an international tax. We understand it is not going to have the effect we want it to have if only Canada does it.
We are talking about Canada showing leadership in international fora, trying to get such a tax to be imposed not just by Canada but by other countries. The member has set up a straw man and then conveniently knocked him down. Unfortunately for him, I am not a straw man.
I never said it would solve everything. I never said anything of the kind. I said it would be a step forward in trying to set up an international financial system that was not driven by the greed of international money speculators. If he is for that, good for him. He should go out and get a job as a PR agent for the money speculators. As for me, I would rather drive them out of the temples.