Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to ask a question.
During the election campaign in 2015, the Liberals promised to be squeaky clean and as pure as the driven snow in terms of transparency.
Here is the reality today. With respect to free votes, they promised to make it the norm in the House—false. They said they would not resort to legislative tricks to avoid parliamentary scrutiny—false. They said they would not interfere with the work of government watchdogs—false. They promised to bring transparency to the appointment of Supreme Court judges—again, false. They promised to give the Parliamentary Budget Officer greater autonomy—false.
I would like to know why the Liberals are muzzling us in the House.