Mr. Speaker, there has been a sighting. Yesterday a phantasm resembling the former finance minister is said to have passed through these hallways. Usually he is said to haunt the gloomy hallways of the revenue agency where he can be heard laughing every time another taxpayer cheque arrives in the mail. But yesterday his very presence was felt here in this place.
One person said that they felt a cold draft as they passed his office. Some say that during the budget speech a supernatural wailing and groaning could be heard emanating from his seat here in the House. Even the current finance minister is said to have felt an other worldly chill in his spine and the Prime Minister definitely felt a pain in his rear.
Yet, though a spectre, and we all know a spectre by definition is without substance, some in the Liberal caucus think this flimsy apparition should be their leader. I say to the member for LaSalle--Émard, “show yourself spectre so all Canadians can have a chance to see right through you”.