Of course, Mr. Speaker, the member is absolutely right. He read directly from the finance minister's resignation letter. The government is in complete free fall on the day of the fall economic statement, which the Liberals have been touting as a restart and the answer to all that ails them. The only things that ail them are their polling numbers, which are really the only thing that they are looking at, and the crumbling leadership of the Prime Minister, who is completely out of touch.
It is not us saying it. It is the former finance minister saying it. It is a person who had the title of deputy prime minister attached to her. The number two person in the government, who chaired the most senior cabinet committees, is gone suddenly on the morning of the fall economic statement. It is not us saying that these are election gimmicks coming up in the fall economic statement; this is in the letter. The former finance minister herself said that this what it was going to be. In the letter, she says that the government members are in it for themselves, and they are using the fall economic statement to further their own political interests.
Who has been there every step of the way to help the Liberals out? It is the NDP caucus, with every single confidence vote making it possible.