Mr. Speaker, one wonders what the other important business of the House is, if it is not about the integrity or lack thereof of the government.
There is nothing wrong with this kind of issue going to a committee of the House of Commons or an inquiry, but there is also nothing wrong with opposition members spending a great deal of time talking to the government about the problems it is having and trying to put into perspective in the House of Commons what the government, its cronies and the Liberal Party have done wrong.
This is not as simple as putting this issue off to the side, studying it for a while and meanwhile having an election and making sure the election goes well. The fact is there was money stolen from the citizens of the country. The fact is that merely putting it off to the side for a public inquiry is not good enough.
Members of the government must understand that they too will be held to account. That is our job in this country. It is not a matter of the government or its cronies looking for fall guys. A big part of the problem is systemic. It is systemic in the Liberal Party. It is systemic in the politicians who exist in the House.
I will repeat once again that a government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. I believe that is where the Liberal philosophy has been for years.