Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This afternoon, we will be closing early. I would like it to be noted that this is not to celebrate the end of the tenure of the Prime Minister of Canada.
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I would like to make a few comments about this gentleman. Mr. Speaker, we have had many debates over the last few years about consensus government and other alternatives. We have had a Prime Minister who was in power for nine years, has had two majority governments and has been absolutely clear about his vision. He has had tremendous discipline with this caucus, yet his government has not been successful. He introduced, as he promised, a goods and services tax at a time when we were in a recession, when interest rates were high, and people did not buy anything. As a result, he did not collect much money. We cannot go back to the manufacturer's tax because manufacturing has moved now because of the other plank in the platform, the free trade agreement. We find it is very free now. It is so free, in fact, that we no longer have a manufacturing sector in this country as strong as it was in the 1960s and 1970s. The final plank in the platform, which was absolutely clear, was to do with constitutional renewal. As we found out, although politicians have agreed and had a clear vision as to what they wanted to do, it was rejected by the people. Unless we do, in this House, the things that the people approve of and concede make sense, we will face the same problem. You can set up any structure you want and it will still be doomed to failure. However, we must say to the credit of the man, he was clear, unequivocal and did what he thought was right. Thank you.