Madam Speaker, the minister keeps referring to this side of the House as being full of hypocrisy.
I will quote several remarks made in the House on previous occasions by his leader.
On March 31, 2004, his leader said:
No real reform at committees, instead the same old games the government is playing with public accounts. The government invoked closure in the House after only six days.
I point out that we have only been debating the bill for a day and the government already is invoking closure.
There is no reform or election of Senators. He is driving opponents out of his party, appointing candidates and playing with the election date as a personal political football.
On October 1, 2002, his leader said:
The government has used closure and time allocation more frequently than any previous government.
The government has been using time allocation procedures a lot more. Why the hypocrisy?