Mr. Speaker, I am glad my speech did not get the member from the opposite side excited.
The member is right. We got 37.6% of the vote. We have 143 seats in the House.
The election happened on October 14. I think they should remember that October 14 was three or four weeks ago. If they were really concerned that we were not the government for which the people had voted, why did they allow our throne speech to pass?
In the throne speech just last week, we laid out what we were going to do. The opposition passed it on division, allowing us to continue to govern. They had to give us a chance to do it, but they did not. Over the weekend, they decided to have a coalition. They worked out some backroom deals. They worked something out on a piece of napkin upstairs, toasted it in the parliamentary restaurant, and then announced it today.
It is unbelievable. It is undemocratic, and it is not Canadian.