Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's task force on the four western provinces had great meetings in the west and British Columbia in May.
In a statement in the House last week the member for Kelowna left a totally false impression in the House. Not only were the meetings a great success but they were very open, open to the press and open to the public.
The member for Kelowna indicated that the Reform Party had to send spies in to see what was happening. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The member for North Vancouver dropped into the hearings and was told what a poor job he had done to represent the area. The member for Kelowna neglected to tell the House that the mayor of Penticton extended her personal thanks to the senator from Okanagan—Similkameen for all the assistance he had given in helping her with all the work in the west.
The Reform member for Kelowna personally thanked the Liberal caucus for helping—