Mr. Speaker, I listened intently to the member's speech and I picked up on the word integrity throughout his speech. I have to question not only the word integrity but why we are here as members of Parliament.
We have seen the total waste, disregard and utter contempt the government has for taxpayer dollars. The hon. member mentioned the GST, the firearms registry and HRDC. We could go on and on. We could mention Shawinigate. We could mention the lack of payments to the hepatitis C victims. However there is a bigger problem.
We know now beyond a shadow of a doubt that the government withheld information from Parliament. We know it misled Parliament in this House. I do not trust what any of the government members say, ministers, backbenchers or anyone else. It is a proven fact that they misled the House of Commons, not just the taxpayers. Not only was there a total disregard for the taxpayers, but there also was a total disregard for this place.
How can the hon. member ever have confidence in anything any minister says on the other side?