Madam Speaker, my colleague across the way began by telling us that his mother used to say common sense is not that common anymore. I want to assure the member's mother and all Canadians that we will soon be restoring common-sense leadership in this country. Right now, if we listen to the announcements coming from the government, we would think common sense has gone out of fashion, but after the next election, we will have a government that once again listens to the common sense of the common people.
What we hear from the government to defend the outrageous misuse of taxpayer dollars that we have seen throughout government contracting is that we can always do better or “better is always possible”, as the Prime Minister used to say. The fact is that things have gotten so much worse in the last nine years and better is indeed possible. It is necessary and it is what Canadians are demanding.
Will the member agree that it has been nine years of failure and we need a new common-sense government that will fix these challenges?