Madam Speaker, this is a desperate attempt by a desperate government to try to talk about anything but what we are talking about today and to try to muzzle the leader of the official opposition. That is not going to happen. The leader of the official opposition is going to continue to speak out on issues that are important to Canadians, important to our national security and important to all of us.
What the member obviously did not want to talk about was what is found in the Auditor General's report, which is what we are debating here today in this motion from the House. I did not get a chance to mention the recording of a senior civil servant slamming the “outright incompetence” of the government, which gave $390 million in contracts inappropriately. That is what we are here talking about today. This Liberal-NDP coalition has undermined taxpayers and allowed this to continue, but we are not going to stand for it.
Canadians deserve parliamentarians who will stand up and be accountable for taxpayers' dollars, and that is what is going to happen here today, whether the hon. member wants it or not.