Madam Speaker, I have been faithful to my wife for 31 years.

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I am not hiding anything from her. It is not true that I made close to $89,000 last year. I shouldn't have to explain to her what I did with the other $20,000.

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I don't have anyone that I have to look after beyond the kids in my household.

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The money that I get I earn honestly and does not reflect the amount of money that I was paid at other stages in my career in the past. I do the work because I enjoy the work. I enjoy public service. I don't mind taking abuse. I am used to it. However, I am used to people dealing with me in a fair, straightforward, honest fashion. I wish that when we table information in the House, people would do their homework to find out exactly what it is that my employer says I earn and which I am accountable to Revenue Canada to pay taxes on. That is what I earn and that is what is not contained in the document that was tabled last week. It is unfortunate that members of the public now want to ask me why it is we make so much money. Quite frankly, $89,000 is a lot of money. There are not that many people who make that kind of money. I don't make it and other Members in this House don't make it. If they were to see the T-4 that every one of us has to submit to pay taxes every year, they would know exactly what it is that we get in the way of earnings. The rest of it are expenses, which other businesses and other people also have to incur on behalf of the people they work for.