Madam Speaker, it is always nice to hear from my Bloc Québécois colleague, with whom I had the pleasure, honour and dignity of sitting in the National Assembly years ago. I hope we can continue serving together in the future.
The member did a great job giving an overview of what happened today, which is completely ridiculous and embarrassing for all Canadians and Quebeckers. I am of course referring to when this government's second-in-command decided to leave, literally slamming the door on her way out. Today, we had government members who arrived late with a piece of paper, tabled it and then refused to have the necessary debate. My colleague gave a very good description of the problems with the GST, among other things. As far as I can remember, this is the first time that a government has made a so-called tax cut and gotten pummelled for it. I have never seen that in any democracy.
Why has the Bloc Québécois maintained its confidence over the past few years and voted in favour of the government's inflationary deficits more than 190 times? Just last week, when it had nothing—