Mr. Speaker, no one disagrees with the idea of the memorial, but what is with the high-handed attitude of the government?
Putting the monument in front of the Supreme Court actually violates the national capital plan that the government and this Parliament approved. The minister is ignoring the plan. He is also ignoring the concerns of architects, he is ignoring the Mayor of Ottawa, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and local citizens.
How hard is it for the politburo over there to actually listen to people, change its mind and change the location of the monument?