Madam Speaker, I will gladly explain. Our party emphatically believes that we must represent the wishes of our constituents, which we do all the time.
The member has mentioned the member for Okanagan—Coquihalla who at one point in time was the defence critic and then the justice critic. This member resigned his position as a critic on his own. I am not going to go down there. He resigned on his own and I will leave it at that.
Let us talk about the member for York South—Weston who took a principled stance on the GST, on a promise made by this government. Again we are talking about accountability. He was the only individual who voted against the government. It does not matter whether it is hepatitis C or child pornography. Here we had one on taxation. He voted against the government and where does he sit? He sits on this side of the House. The Liberals kicked him out of the party. They would have nothing to do with him because he voted by his conscience and by the people who sent him here.
I have been in Ottawa for two years. People ask me how I like it and what is happening here. The only thing I can tell them is that it is a disgrace to see that there is an absolute dictatorship there. It is controlled by one individual. The people out there are equally frustrated and the Liberals are sent in here like trained sheep to heckle. They will not listen and it is very unfortunate.
We need to change this institution. It is dysfunctional. Both Chambers, the Senate and this one, do not represent the views of Canadians. We need to ensure that all members of parliament have more input. That is what we are talking about. We are talking about true representation and true accountability so that the views of Canadians are actually represented here.
There is no question that there are times when we want to collectively be a force, but that should not cause people to be fired and thrown out of their party into the opposition. It is absolutely outrageous and a contempt of parliament to treat people like that.