Mr. Speaker, I have heard a lot of arrogant things said in the House, but I think that speech really takes the cake.
We are seeing more Liberal arrogance, from the top down, suggesting that a motion brought forward by 60 MPs who represent western Canada is somehow wrong because it does not show their silly alienation committee in a good light. We are very sorry, but the fact is that if that member wanted to know how western Canadians feel he would listen to the debates in the House. Sixty Reform MPs were elected to tell the Liberal government exactly how the people in the west feel.
I think the hon. member from Winnipeg should give his head a shake and simply look across the way. We have told the government over and over again that we oppose its tax and spend policies. We have told the government that we oppose its mandatory gun registration, which will do absolutely nothing to stop crime. The hon. member knows that we are very upset about the wheat board issue in the west.
Over and over again we bring these issues to the attention of this government and its solution is to take a committee across the west to ask if there is anything wrong. He should know that they lost eight seats in the last election because they would not listen.
After all that has gone on before, why on earth does he think that sending a travelling road show around the west will somehow fix the problem?