Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Timmins—James Bay for his speech because I believe that it is indeed important.
However, I was one of those people who campaigned in 2006 and were defeated because the Conservatives went around everywhere presenting themselves as the white knights of transparency, honesty and the right way of doing politics. When I look at what is happening now, it feels like déjà vu, except that we are dealing with a different political party. Before, it was the Liberals, now it is the Conservatives.
I am surprised by the silence on the benches around and behind the Prime Minister. For the most part, those people went into politics because they believed they would do things differently.
By doing nothing more than applauding for the Prime Minister, are they not complicit in his incompetence, to say the least?