Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member and enjoyed his speech.
I am glad the member raised the issue of the by-elections. Of course, as members know, we had two by-elections recently. One was in Elmwood—Transcona, where the Conservatives were badly defeated by the NDP. In LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, the Conservatives finished fourth. The Liberals were defeated in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, and they finished with 5% of the vote in Elmwood—Transcona.
Now, we know about the Liberal scandals, and the NDP has been pivotal in getting to the bottom of each of those scandals, including SNC-Lavalin, the WE Charity and now the SDTC. We are supporting the motion.
However, the reason the Conservatives did so badly in the by-elections, of course, is that people are aware of the legacy of Conservative scandals. I just have to refer back to the period of the Harper regime and the ETS scandal, which was $400 million; the G8 scandal, which was $1 billion; the Phoenix pay scandal, which was $2.2 billion; and the anti-terrorism funding, which was $3.1 billion.
Conservatives were even worse, if we are talking in monetary terms, with their corruption, their failures and their scandals. They did not allow Parliament to get to the bottom of it. Does the member agree that that was a mistake and that the Conservatives owe Canadians an apology?