Mr. Speaker, the Liberals continue to do nothing but play partisan political games when it comes to the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry. Even members from his own party think this is nonsense.
This is what former Liberal MP, Hec Clouthier, said:
I told [the Liberal leader] the Liberal Party policies and priorities were targeting the major cities and forgetting about rural Canada.
He continued to say that if the Liberal leader continues playing these political games, he could hold his next caucus meeting in a phone booth.
Not even Liberals are fooled by the real motives behind the Liberal leader's decision to whip the vote. It is clear that the Liberal leader has turned his back on rural Canadians, whipped his members to oppose the long gun vote and empower his attack dog, the member for Ajax—Pickering, to hijack the public safety committee.
We call upon all opposition members who voted in favour of Bill C-391 at second reading to stand up for their constituents and vote to scrap the long gun registry once and for all.