Mr. Speaker, I agree completely with my colleague from Burnaby—Douglas. His understanding of the dynamics in British Columbia with regard to these scandals is bang on. His rifle shot at this one.
When a government is in power for 10 years with 100% of the control in the House because it has a majority; a split opposition; 100% control in cabinet, in the Senate, the executive, in the judiciary and with regard to all the crown corporations; when it has that kind of power for 10 years, power tends to corrupt but absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is precisely what we have seen with regard to this Liberal government. It has had too much power for too long.
It has led to the corruption of riding associations, to nomination fights, to this House, to Quebec ad scandals and to all sorts of things. The problem in the country is not that we need an independent inquiry, it is that before taxpayers become completely fed up, we need a new government because the Liberals are ripping off Canadians.