Mr. Speaker, it has been great to have been missed by my friends across the floor, but I am not sure it will last more than 30 seconds.
The Prime Minister is the most democratic in Canadian history. Let me state the facts.
This is the first prime minister to reinstate the practice of a mandatory vote in Parliament before committing our troops into harms way. The Prime Minister is the first ever to have created a parliamentary process so members of Parliament, including opposition, can vet Supreme Court appointments. We have had more private members' bills passed than any government in the last 40 years. The Globe and Mail did a study and found that of all the votes that happened on the floor of the House of Commons, Conservative members were far more likely to vote independently from their party.