Mr. Speaker, I will start off by indicating that the Prime Minister followed all the rules, even before they were actually required. These are rules that the Conservatives put in place under former prime minister Stephen Harper. The Prime Minister took this step from day one.
The Leader of the Opposition has been here for 20 years and still does not necessarily deal with issues of great national importance. Before I expand on that particular point, I want to talk about how the official opposition has played constant gutter politics with respect to character assassination, and that is why I am reluctant to say “official opposition”. One gets tired of it over the years. Conservative member after Conservative member has stood up in this place, even when I was in opposition, and consistently attacked the character of an individual, including the leader of the Liberal Party.
There is no conflict. I would think the Conservative Party, or at least some of its members, would understand that. Instead what we see are the people who want to put on a tinfoil hat to say that here or there is a great conspiracy. It is a ridiculous approach by the Conservative Party to deal with public policy, when we have a Prime Minister who has an incredible history and is respected around the world as an economist, a former Bank of Canada governor and a former Bank of England governor.
All the Conservative Party wants to do is assassinate his character, when the Prime Minister has done absolutely nothing wrong. In fact, if we talk about Brookfield, there are a number of members of the Conservative caucus who have investments in Brookfield. I say shame on the members of the Conservative Party of Canada for their character assassination.
Instead of doing that, why do they not focus on what is in the best interest of Canadians and deal with public policy? They should have some honour. Instead what we see is a sad state where the far right has taken over the Conservative Party of Canada. That is fine. Conservatives can keep it up. I hope they will be in opposition for many more years to come, because they are not going to fool Canadians.
I can tell the House that the Prime Minister and the government will continue to focus on the Canadian economy and on building a stronger and healthier Canada. That is the priority of the government, because we understand the issues of affordability, the importance of international trade and the importance of building a strong, healthy infrastructure.
Although Conservative Party members are inwardly focused, thinking about nothing else but moving further to the right, and their own political interests, at least the government party, and maybe a few red Tories who might be left on the other side, will continue to focus their attention on Canadians in improving the quality of life of all Canadians in every region of our great nation. It is a great nation, contrary to what the leader of the Conservative Party tells Canadians.