Mr. Speaker, the government keeps on steamrolling democracy by not allowing debate on the real issues. Instead of looking at issues one by one, we are steamrolled and Canadians are not benefiting from a full debate on matters. The government keeps throwing out untruths and half-truths and a series of questionable statements that tend to misdirect the Canadian population.
Here I would quote Don Martin from September 18, in an article entitled “Truth dies when political warfare begins”, in which he stated:
Conservative stormtroopers have rolled out a welcome mat of sensational untruths.
There are enough cheap shots, personal swipes and fertilized lines of fact in the partisan parliamentary arsenal without unleashing outright fabrications to spread fear where it doesn’t exist....
[W]hen political warfare turns bloody, truth becomes the first casualty and lies live on in the public record.
When will the government stop treating Canadians with such disrespect and actually have a serious debate in the House on the real issues that matter to Canadians?