Mr. Speaker, the Conservative convention was held over the weekend and what we witnessed was a party debating issues that the Liberal Party decided upon decades ago.
The leader of the official opposition can try to portray his party as forward-looking and moderate but its policies show otherwise.
Only the Conservative Party would try to turn back the clock on minority rights by using the notwithstanding clause to override rights and call this moderate and forward-looking.
Only the Conservative Party would agree to introduce a two tier health care system and call it moderate and forward looking.
Only the Conservative Party would congratulate itself for finally acknowledging official bilingualism, a debate the rest of the us decided years ago, and call it forward-looking.
Only the Conservative Party would think it is the party of tomorrow, while voting for a watered down resolution that turns back the clock on a woman's right to choose.
Clearly, that is a party of yesterday, not a party of tomorrow, and watching the convention made me proud to be a Liberal.