Mr. Speaker, it is almost obscene to hear the Reform Party cry crocodile tears about children.
The Prime Minister gave a list. Let us just go on. Why then is the Reform Party seeking to dismantle the maternity benefits and the paternity benefits in the Canada pension plan? Why did members of the Reform Party vote against the way in which we reversed the taxation of child support payments to benefit children? Why do they want to cut welfare payments? Why do they want to cut equalization payments?
The fact is that every single day since the Reform Party was elected along with the government in 1993 it has fought against kids and it is—