Madam Speaker, it is important for everyone to understand what is happening in the House tonight. Remarkably, we are debating a confidence motion, one that has been publicized well over the last number of weeks. A re-engagement between the NDP and the Liberals has been enacted with the agreement to conduct two elements: One is this temporary tax trick, and there was another guarantee, an agreement to give out $250 cheques to Canadians. However, it was limited to just some Canadians; it was not for all Canadians.
It is clear that the Conservative Party and the NDP Party have opposed these measures, but now we are learning Liberal members also oppose the $250 cheques, and that is what is missing in the legislation. As a matter of fact, one Liberal member, the member for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, was quoted as saying, “These comments—