Mr. Speaker, we know how Conservatives are actually treated in the back room. They are all watched very closely by the Conservative leader and report directly.
It is interesting that the member ended his speech with slogans. There is a CBC report that should be mandatory reading, quite frankly, for every member of the House: “If the leader invents a new slogan,” Conservative sources say that “we know we'll have to use it”.
It goes on to say this:
“If you repeat the slogans, you get rewarded,” said a Conservative source. “You are celebrated in front of the entire caucus for being a good cheerleader....”
These things are what Conservative MPs and Conservatives are actually saying, and we just witnessed yet another; we witness it with virtually every one of them who stands up. The reality is that this is nothing more than a multi-million dollar game that the Conservative Party is playing, which is in the self-interest of the leader of the Conservative Party and not in the interest of Canadians.
If the Conservatives want to talk about corruption, I have a much longer list of examples of Conservative corruption, and even corruption in which the member's own leader was involved.
The Conservatives' actual motion says that we should take the issue and hand it over to the procedure and House affairs committee. When will the Conservatives stop playing this game at the expense of Canadians and allow us to vote on their motion?