Mr. Speaker, we are talking about Premier Rodney MacDonald in the past tense because he will be gone in the next election. He is the same premier who encouraged Nova Scotia MPs to vote against their own Conservative budget. I would not quite use his quotes in future references.
The hon. member also talked about accountability with the Canadian taxpayers. In the paper it says that the government spent $31 million on polling for themselves. I wonder if the member would consider that a wise investment of taxpayer money?