Mr. Speaker, I do note that the member is up in the House quite a bit. I wonder how much dead air we would have in this place if he were not here. There is certainly lots of hot air.
I listened to the speech. I did not get an opportunity to ask a question of the member for Papineau when he made his intervention. I was in a conversation with the hon. member for Elmwood—Transcona.
What I heard and what I see in this motion today is nothing but platitudes. To me voters demand substance. I may not agree with the member, but I would agree with the previous member who said that he comes in well researched, with substance and argues his points. I often disagree with him.
However, I was absolutely astounded by the speech that went on for 10 minutes and dealt with zero substance. Voters want substance, not platitudes.
I would ask the hon. member if he thinks this motion today is really about platitudes and has absolutely nothing to do with the substance that voters want to see from this House.