Mr. Speaker, I would remind the House that this is a very unique situation. The Queensway Carleton Hospital is the only hospital that pays rent to the federal government. As such, it is impossible to create any kind of a precedent that could be repeated. Why? It is because there is no other similar situation in the entire country.
However, a golf course, which sits on National Capital Commission land, pays $1 a year; $1 a year for a golf course to rent its land from the federal government. If it is impossible for the hospital to rent its land for $1 a year, why is it possible for the Liberal government to rent its land to a golf course for $1 a year? The answer again is that is a quintessential example of the people versus the powerful.
I had a chance as a member of the common people, who we are supposed to represent here in the House of Commons, to work at the Queensway Carleton Hospital as a nurse's assistant for one day throughout the summer. I spent 12 hours on my feet with the people who work in that facility, and they do work hard. They work hard every day with 180 patients who come through the emergency triage every day. They go home bone tired. They give. The community gives. The community raises millions to support that hospital because it cares about the people around them. The people want the government to care too.
Yes, my colleagues across the floor might attack me for fighting for my constituents but that is my job. It is my job to fight for Nepean—Carleton, from Barrhaven to Bells Corners, from Kars to Kenmore and from Manotick to Metcalfe to Manordale, and fight for them I will.