Mr. Speaker, the one problem with that Conservative member's statement is that Elections Canada has rebated the candidate expenses for the Liberal candidates of 2006, for the Bloc candidates of 2006, and for the NDP candidates of 2006. The only party that Elections Canada has ruled that certain expenses were not admissible, that violated the Canada Elections Act, was the Conservative Party. It was only the Conservative Party, not the Liberal Party, not the Bloc Québécois, not the NDP. That is my first point.
My second point is that the member does not know his geography very well. He claimed that my riding abutted the former riding of Mr. Gagliano, who was a minister in previous governments. In fact, there are many kilometres between the two ridings. One riding, Mr. Gagliano's, was east Montreal, mine is west Montreal.