Mr. Speaker, to my hon. friend from Timmins—James Bay, I am very grateful for his participation in this House, and I know I am not the only one who is going to miss him because he has chosen not to run for re-election.
His speech started to really try to drill down on why it is that the official opposition wants an election now. As a British Columbian, I sent out an email far and wide asking constituents how they thought I should vote on the non-confidence motion. Of course, all of my constituents are in a provincial election right now. I did not get a single person, which is unusual, saying to please vote with the Conservatives. I do not have a lot of constituents who want our current Prime Minister to stay on, but I do have a lot of constituents who think, “What? We are having an election right now.”
One of the things that occurred to me, and I will ask the hon. member, because he has spoken of foreign interference, is that perhaps the leader of the official opposition wants to avoid any questions as to why he does not seek top secret security clearance. I think we need to ask him to do so, so there is not a lingering question about whether he is worried he would not get it.