Mr. Speaker, when the Conservatives replaced the sponsorship scandal Liberals, they promised to do better.
Well, it must be said that they are doing better. It may hard to believe, but the Conservatives are indeed outdoing the Liberals in terms of scandals and bad management.
Who would have thought that a Conservative government would preside over the sad spectacle of senators defrauding taxpayers?
When questions are asked, the Prime Minister adopts an innocent look and claims not to understand the question, yet it is simple. These questions address fraudulent spending by Conservative senators appointed by this Prime Minister, senators he defended tooth and nail until he no longer could. He still refuses to apologize. He still refuses to admit he made a mistake. He refuses to acknowledge that he is the leader of his caucus and the head of the government.
If he does not want to assume this responsibility, I know someone who does, and that is the NDP leader. He has all the experience required to take on the job.
Canadians deserve better than the scandals of either party. They deserve a different choice, and they will get it in 2015.