Mr. Speaker, this debate is an important one. I was reflecting, as I was preparing my comments, on the new Liberal majority. I thank the members of Parliament who double-crossed the voters who elected them one year ago. We are in a situation now where the Liberals have their cherished majority government.
I was thinking of this new age, and I had a flashback of when I was in grade 3 and living on a small military base in north Vancouver Island called Holberg. I was a proud member of Gary's Singing Worms. There was a song we sang. You are probably too young to remember it, Mr. Speaker. It was called The Age of Aquarius. It was a hit in the Broadway production Hair. Some of us have been losing our hair in the meantime.
I will not sing the song. Some members might know the words, but I will refresh everyone's memory. It came out in 1969, the “flower power” era of love and peace. Some of the words are as follows:
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derision
Golden living dreams of visions
I have some words that could very well have been penned by the Liberal Prime Minister. They have the same tune:
This is the dawning of the Age of Majority,
Our Majority, Liberal Majority
Harmony? We can stop pretending
Questions asked will be met with no bending
More secrecy and more derision
One-Party rule with tunnel vision
Committees bring recommendations
We Liberals will ignore consultations
No more listening or debate
Just whipped votes, no need to wait
Lovely Majority, Liberal Majority
I am surprised that my Liberal colleagues are not clapping at that.