Mr. Speaker, it is Friday the 13th, but the Liberal Party must feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day . Every morning, the same headlines proclaim its faults, and everyday it stumbles into a fresh gopher hole.
The Prime Minister claims to be a fresh face, but as fast as he blames his predecessor for scandals he signed off on, he sets a speed record for invoking closure to get the same old bills back on the Order Paper.
Platitudes concerning the democratic deficit are trumped by its actions once in power; a Liberal trademark.
On this unlucky day we are again reminded of billion dollar job creation schemes that instead created bankruptcies, billion dollar gun registry schemes that instead created a safe environment for criminals, and of course, a $3 billion Kyoto environmental scheme that has no plan.
We are also reminded of how true to form it is for Liberals to say one thing: encourage more women to run for Parliament and then do the other; encourage their attack dogs to eliminate the women they do not like.
If the Prime Minister gets through this day, I would suggest he go to Hamilton, on bended knee, on Valentine's Day and make up with his former--