Mr. Speaker, we in Nova Scotia know what it is like to have a federal Conservative government come after us really hard and deliberately mislead us on many issues, the Atlantic accord being one.
The hon. member from the Toronto area is absolutely correct. The finance minister is wrong in what he is doing. The government is wrong-headed on many of its policies. However, she and members of the Liberal Party have an opportunity to do what most Canadians do not have the opportunity to do. The Liberals can actually do something about it. When the next confidence motion comes before this House, because she is absolutely correct in what she says, she and members of her party have to stand behind that rhetoric and dialogue and show some mettle and say to the Canadian people, “We can no longer accept the direction of this government”. Will she stand up and vote non-confidence in the government at the next opportunity?