Mr. Speaker, now they are yelling that they are not. Maybe they will allow me to table some social media posts from their members that have contradicting views on that. I bet they will not do that. Just like earlier, when this started, and the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader asked if they wanted to work until midnight. They jumped up and they said that they did want to work until midnight. One of the members said, “Right on.” Then, within 20 seconds, the exact same parliamentary secretary stood up and asked for unanimous consent to move a motion that we stay until midnight for the rest of the session. All it takes to defeat unanimous consent is for one person to yell out no, and they all did.
That is what happened in the House. It is theatre to them. They do not understand what their role is in the House. They think their role is to obstruct and to stop, at every possible opportunity, anything that the government does. That is not their role. Their role is to encourage people to make better legislation.
I gave a speech on this once not that long ago. At the end of my speech, in the last three or four minutes, I talked about how these Conservatives are nothing like Flora MacDonald, who came from my riding, and they are nothing like Brian Mulroney. I laid it out there and told them what I thought of them. What showed up in my constituency office two days later? It was a portrait of Brian Mulroney. It was signed, “Mark, keep giving those speeches—Brian.”
This is not the Conservative Party that existed when our parents were heavily involved in politics. This is an extension that is much further right than the Reform Party, and Canadians do not need to look at much more than what we have heard in the House today to support that. This is the reality of what we are dealing with.
We do not have a Progressive Conservative or even just a Conservative Party anymore that genuinely believes in Canadians and wants to make this place better. We have a bunch of MPs that have come here under the blue colour and the Conservative name and logo, and all they want to do is obstruct all day long. They want the government to accomplish absolutely nothing on behalf of Canadians. In reality, their job is to try to make the lives of Canadians better by challenging the government and by suggesting things that could be done differently to make the circumstances for Canadians better. They are not doing that.
Moments ago, I talked about the divide between the Conservatives. I would like to point that out, and I will not even bother to try to table these because I know I will never get unanimous consent. However, the reality is that the member for York Centre, who spoke before me—