I hear Conservatives saying we have to spend more money.
Mr. Speaker, Canadians should be genuinely concerned about the amount of money that Conservatives have spent on this charade and everything that makes this place function. Millions of dollars have been spent supporting this filibuster exercise.
Conservatives will miss no opportunity to remind people that it is unacceptable to spend money recklessly on behalf of Canadians, but then they come in here and do it every single day, filibustering their own motion. One would think that they could at least stand up and explain to Canadians why they would filibuster their own motion. They put forward a motion asking for an issue to go to PROC. Usually, we would hear from the opposition, giving every reason it should not happen. Instead, we have Conservatives routinely getting up and speaking ad nauseam.
I genuinely hope that we have come close to the end of this. I hope that it is an opportunity for my friends in the Bloc and the NDP to realize that Canadians really want us to get back to business so that we can do what is important for Canadians and do the work on their behalf.
This charade that has been going on for so long needs to come to an end. People have things that need to be taken care of, and that is our job. It is not the job of the Conservatives to hijack Parliament. It is their job to hold the government accountable, and they have failed in doing that. The only thing they are looking out for is their political interests.