Madam Speaker, I had two questions, but I will ask just one. I listened carefully to the hon. member for Winnipeg—Transcona, and I would like him to comment on the democratic deficit he talked about at the beginning of his remarks.
After his trip to the United States, Tony Blair went back to the U.K. and explained the situation to his ministers and to opposition members. He is even thinking of reconvening parliament because this is a crisis situation.
Yesterday, the Prime Minister of Canada met with the president of the United States, and he chose to make his first report to a group of Liberal partisans at a fundraiser.
For those who care about democracy, is that not another proof that all decisions are made by the Prime Minister's office and the cabinet, and that Liberal backbenchers do not have their say?