Madam Speaker, my colleague's words left a bad taste in my mouth because I feel like I have to defend my Conservative colleagues.
I find it a bit hypocritical to say that the motion we are debating today lacks seriousness and is a political game. Throughout his speech, my colleague talked about debates. What does the word “debate” mean? I get the impression he has not grasped all the subtleties of debate. Debate takes place between two parties. Sometimes that means letting go of some concerns in order to achieve a certain degree of consensus. That is why I wonder why the Liberals did not immediately agree to the motion and prove, for once, that ethics matter to them. They would have saved us all that time.
Why did my colleague not immediately support the motion and allow us to move on to another debate? That is what I want to ask him.