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>> Speaker of the House: THANK
YOU.
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THE
MEMBER FOR --
>> Honourable Member: THANK
YOU, SPEAKER.
AND JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO THE
TWO LIKEABLE LIBERAL ONE FROM
OAK RIDGES, MARKHAM AND THE
OTHER WILLOWDALE.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO SAY AND I
THINK ABOUT THERE IS SO MUCH TO
DISAGREE ON.
WELL, PARTICULARLY THE MEMBER
FROM WILLOWDALE BECAUSE HE
TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF WE NEED
TO HAVE A TRULY BIPARTISAN
APPROACH, AND THEN HE SAID, THAT
PEOPLE IN HIS RIDING EXPECT A
DIFFERENT TONE.
AND IT IS ALL TRUE.
BUT, YOU TOUCH OF IRONY AND
HUMOUR IN HIS REMARKS BECAUSE AS
A MEMBER FROM RENFREW NIPISSING
PEMBROKE SAID TODAY AND I HAVE
SAID FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS
YOU'VE LOST THAT OPPORTUNITY BUT
THE OTHER DAY, LAST WEEK.
BECAUSE, IF YOU'RE TRULY TALKING
ABOUT A BIPARTISAN APPROACH,
WHEN THE OTHER PARTIES AGREE ON
SOMETHING, SURELY YOU HE SPECK
THE OTHER PARTY, THE ONLY
REMAINING PARTY TO SAY, MAYBE
THIS IS SOMETHING THERE.
BUT IF THEY AGREE, AND SOME OF
OUR OWN FOLKS AGREE MAYBE WE
SHOULD IN THE SPIRIT OF
COOPERATION AND BIPARTISANSHIP
WHICH THE MEMBER FROM WILLOWDALE
JUST EXPRESSED MAYBE WE MIGHT
JUST SO TO SAY,H-M, WITH HE
DON'T AGREE THAT, WHY DON'T WE
JUST SAY, LET'S DO IT.
LET'S DO IT BECAUSE THERE'S A
DIFFERENT SPIRIT OF COOPERATION
GOING ON.
AND THE MEMBER FROM, THE
MINISTER OF COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES IS SHAKING HIS
HEAD.
I DON'T GET IT.
YOU CAN'T SAY ON THE ONE HAND,
WE'VE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER, AND
ON THE OTHER HAND, AND ON THE
OTHER HAND DENY WHAT THE OTHER
TWO PARTIES ARE SAYING.
YOU CAN'T DO IT.
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T -- BUT IT IS
NOT A MATTER OF -- WHY IS IT
THAT YOU CAN STAND UP AND SAY,
WE HAVE TO HAVE A BIPARTISAN OUT
HERE, WHEN IT SUITS YOU BUT WHEN
IT DOESN'T SUIT YOU, YOU SAY
WELL, WE CAN'T BECAUSE WE
DISAGREE.
DO UNDERSTAND THE IRONY OF THAT?
BECAUSE I WOULD CRACK UP WITH