Mr. Speaker, I am certainly disappointed in the Liberal position in the speech by the leader of the Liberal Party who I thought was interested in fairness for Canadians, although I am not surprised given the finance critic's connections to Bay Street.
However, I find it curious that the Liberals did not have a position on income trusts until the leader himself went to Bay Street about three weeks ago and now suddenly there is a position.
I was curious as to why this position exists so I did a little digging in terms of a Canadian association that sponsors all these libellous ads. I found it very curious that over the last 13 years the Liberals received about $282,000 from the Canadian Association of Income Trust Investors. In the leadership race they delivered about $39,000 to Bob Rae in his leadership bid and $6,000 to the Leader of the Opposition. Did that money influence the member's decision today?