Mr. Speaker, I found the House leader's statements about the government's economic record a little funny. As we know, Canada has now fallen to 154th worldwide in terms of economic growth, so I do not think we can take any lessons from the Conservatives in that sense. They have dragged us down a number of spaces.
I want to ask who said this:
...the decision to invoke closure on the bill represented in some ways the death of the true meaning of parliament.... The federal...government has failed Canadians.
Who said that? It was Stockwell Day, the former leader of the Reform Alliance party, I think called C-R-A-P at one point. Absolutely, that was the Conservatives when they were in opposition.
Who said this?
When the bill was rammed through the House with closure, it really did not present a lot of opportunity for meaningful public debate....
The interests of all of Canadians must be served, not the interests of politicians, not partisan interests or political self-interest.
In referring to closure, who said that? It was the Prime Minister.
Finally, who said this?
...we have morphed into what we once mocked....
I no longer recognize...the party that I joined....
Why have the Conservatives become what they used to mock?