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Mr.
Barry Devolin (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, earlier this week the Prime Minister suggested that an
early election would cancel pay raises for members of the Canadian
armed forces. This is not even close to being true. In fact, on
Tuesday officials from Treasury Board testified before the Senate
finance committee that Canadian soldiers are already receiving the
benefit of higher salaries. Shame on the Prime Minister for using
Canadian soldiers in this feeble attempt to scare Canadian voters.
It
is becoming increasingly clear to Canadians that the Prime Minister
will do whatever he can to cling to power. Nobody believes the Prime
Minister when he says he did not know anything about the sponsorship
scandal. Nobody believes the Prime Minister when he says he is the
only person who can clean up the mess caused by Liberal corruption
in Quebec. Nobody believes the Prime Minister when he says that his
only concern with an early election is the interruption of the
holiday season.
I
have concluded that this Prime Minister has neither honour nor
principle. I trust Canadian voters will render a similar judgment on
election day.
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