Mr. Speaker, I have a quick comment and a direct question for the parliamentary secretary about the motion today.
I will quote for the House, for our collective memory, a quotation by the then leader of the opposition, now Prime Minister. He said:
What's become apparent is that the Bloc Québécois and the NDP will grandstand on these things [but] it is up to us...to decide whether the time has come to have an election.
He went on to say, “I think in Canadians' judgment—it is not that time”.
Is the parliamentary secretary telling us now that it is the position of the Prime Minister that he wants to have an election? If he does, why does he not cross the street, go see the Governor General and call for an election?