Mr. Speaker, the absolute nerve of that member to get up and talk about defending the Canadian taxpayer when there are 68 members of his caucus who owe the Canadian taxpayer three times as much as has been identified in the auditor's report.
I will not stand up to try to protect anybody who has deliberately used taxpayers' money inappropriately, and I certainly will not defend the members of the NDP caucus who owe $2.7 million to taxpayers.
It is up to you to tell Canadian taxpayers why you refuse—