Mr. Speaker, last June the Senate did bring in some new measures with respect to accountability in the Senate.
In the fall, we on this side of the House were fighting tooth and nail to bring accountability measures into the Senate. It was the opposition who fought tooth and nail against those reforms.
We have brought in a number of reforms that are presently in front of the Supreme Court of Canada to reform the Senate, to make it more effective.
We expect, not only our senators, but members of Parliament and the party leaders, to ensure that the funds they use on behalf of taxpayers are used responsibly, that they follow the rules, and not just the letter of the law but the spirit of the law. I would ask the Leader of the Opposition to reflect on that before he opens up offices in areas where he has no members of Parliament.