Madam Speaker, I must confess, as I start my remarks, that I am coming from a place of extreme sadness around the level, tone and tenor of debate that I have been hearing in the House. I recognize that my Conservative colleagues and their political party are a bit against the ropes right now. They are down in the polls and not getting any traction with the public, and their set of issues is not something people are talking about. In fact, people are focused on what the Prime Minister is doing and how we are building the economy of the country.
Conservatives go for the easiest thing they can always find when they are feeling challenged. They pick on the most marginalized and vulnerable people in our country. They go for that divide and conquer strategy that has always suited their needs. It is all about us Canadians versus the other. That is the entire essence of this debate. After hearing them use words like bogus refugees and fake refugees and talk about deporting non-citizens and foreign nationals, we might think Donald Trump was speaking. We might think those words came straight out of the mouth of Donald Trump, but here is a news flash. Those are the words of the leader of the official opposition. I mean, talk about using Trumpian language, talk about scaremongering, talk about fearmongering, and talk about dividing Canadians.
No wonder the Conservatives are losing support, my friends. No wonder they are even losing their own colleagues to this side of the House—