Mr. Speaker, I love the comment by the Conservative member that actions and words should be the same, because we heard the words from the former opposition leader in this House. The words were that there should be an Atlantic accord. He not only stood here in this House and proposed a motion asking members to support that Atlantic accord, it passed in this House. This is a Prime Minister who said that he was going to restore the sanctity and dignity of this Parliament, and that if there were decisions made in this Parliament, then any government in power should honour those decisions. I guess that only referred to the previous government, that if the Liberal government were part of passing something in this chamber, it should be required to honour the commitment and implement it, but that is not the case.
That former opposition leader is now in power. He is in government. He is the Prime Minister. He has seen fit to preside over and introduce a budget, to support his Ontario base from the Mike Harris team, the Ontario finance minister, and introduce a measure that creates a huge gap between his words, the commitment he made in this House and on the campaign trail, and what is in the budget.
That is what it is about, making sure that the words and the actions go together. The member from Saskatchewan should understand that in his province a unanimous motion was passed condemning this budgetary measure.