Mr. Speaker, last month the minister responsible for Atlantic Canada through ACOA said:
We will not throw a member out of caucus for voting his conscience. There will be no...firing on budget votes as we saw with the Liberal government.
Not only does the government break its promises to the people of Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia, it breaks its promises to its own caucus members.
How can any Canadian have any faith or trust in the word of the government?
The member for Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley has it right, and he has been very dignified in expressing it. The government should apologize to the people of Atlantic Canada. When will that happen?