Mr. Speaker, my friend is absolutely correct that the Conservative Party stands for the concept of individual freedom, that we believe ultimately that the best way to create wealth is to have government stand out of the way of business and entrepreneurs striving to do what they are born to do, which is to go out and build businesses, hire people to help them do that and create all kinds of wealth.
Unfortunately, the government has it the other way around. It does seem to think that if the government meddles and intervenes, that it is somehow helpful. Ultimately, we find that it is the source of every boondoggle and scandal that we have seen the government go through.
When it comes to the issue about the minister of democratic reform speaking out against the freedom of a marriage commissioner to say no to marrying a same-sex couple, it is like something out of 1984, something out of an Orwell novel. The minister of democratic reform is being smoked out on this issue. It is unbelievable that the government would state that it favours religious freedom. It is obviously the instinct of certain members on the other side that it should not be the case. They want to impose their views on them, and it tells us a lot about the Liberal Party.