Mr. Speaker, I absolutely retract it and apologize to you and the House for spelling out that word.
The facts are still the facts. This is precisely what the Liberals are doing. They say one thing in opposition and now that they are in government they completely reverse their proposal. No wonder the Reform, the Bloc, the Conservatives and the New Democrats are so angry with them. No wonder even some of its backbenchers are so angry with the government.
This will come back to haunt the Liberals big time. Mark my words. They have an opportunity right now to retract Bill C-78 and take it back to the drawing board. The next time, if they want to do anything with it, they should talk to the people most affected by it: public service workers, the RCMP, the military and the people who work in the House of Commons. They are the ones to whom the Liberals should be talking.
It goes on and on and on. I can give many examples of how deplorable government policies are toward working people. Bill C-78 is just a classic example.
Following on the heels is Bill C-32, the CEPA amendments. Mark my words, the Liberals will invoke closure on that one as well. There were over 800 amendments to that bill. Bill C-78 should have many more amendments to it but they were not allowed. I have always said that the Liberals believe in a capitulated democracy: one can say and do whatever one wants as long as one does what they tell one to do.
I will not take up much more time of the House. My voice is starting to wane after wailing about the government for over two years. I ask the government to retract Bill C-78 and never to invoke closure again on something as important to the Canadian people.