Madam Speaker, the hon. member asked who we are e and what do we stand for and I would point out some things that people have said about who we are.
Newsweek has said:
If President Obama is looking for smart government, there is much he, and all of us, could learn from our...neighbor to the north.
The Economist said this about our Prime Minister:
...his government has taken prudent measures to help Canada weather a storm it cannot duck...
The New York Times said this about Canada:
Why not emulate the best in the world, which happens to be right next door?
The Daily Telegraph in London, a publication that the member's leader ought to be fairly familiar with, says:
...the Canadian Tories are a model of how to behave during a downturn.
Here is what the hon. member had to say about his own leader, the leader of the Liberal Party. He said:
...maybe he has the intelligence, but maybe not the wisdom required.
Is it possible that today is the perfect example of his leader's lack of wisdom?