Mr. Speaker, I listened with some interest to the member opposite. I know he has had a long and I would like to say distinguished career because I understand he was first elected when he was in his twenties. Through opportunities he has made some changes over the years, in terms of to which party he has belonged and such, but I would have thought that given that long career he would have known the kind of process that we in Canada deal with when it comes to governing.
I would have thought, for example, he would know that parliament sets the rules and makes the laws. I would have thought he would know that the role of the civil service is to carry out those laws. I would have thought he would know that the role of the judiciary is to interpret those laws. Yet, again we hear from him, as we often do from Reform members opposite, judiciary bashing.
I spent 10 years on the Waterloo regional police force and as chairman I dealt not only with police, young offenders, pornography, drunk driving and all the things he was talking about, I also interacted with the judiciary. I want to ask the member what purpose he and his party have in repeatedly bashing one of the finest judiciaries in the world? People from around the world look to Canada for—