Madam Speaker, again I listened very carefully to the member but a question arises out of the previous question. He mentioned the Alliance position, formerly known as the Reform Party, in the 1997 election. It was laid out in its platform when it called for replacement of the CPP with what it called the super RRSPs. He did mention that but he did not talk about the year 2000 election and the party's position at that time.
In fact, just to remind the hon. member, his party did not have a position. It was nowhere to be found in the Canadian Alliance platform leading into that election. In fact, one of its members, the hon. member for Elk Island, got into a lot of trouble with his party leader at the time because of the position he staked out independently of the party. Perhaps he could comment on that.
I also want to remind him of a letter that was sent to Alberta Premier Ralph Klein by today's leader of the Canadian Alliance. This was published in the National Post on January 21, 2001. In that letter, the leader of the party and five of his cronies called for Alberta to withdraw from the Canada pension plan and set up its own plan. That was the position of his leader as late as January 21, 2001. My question would be, is that still the position of his leader, and has his leader mentioned that he still holds that position now as leader of the party?