because we must not tolerate the casual disregard for truth that has become the hallmark of this government. it should shame us all. we are honourable members of parliament. it isn tjust a title. it is something we should hold dear. we should be honourable in what we do in this place. we should be honourable to the people we serve because they have elected us. and democracy demands honourable conduct and we haven t seen much of that over the last few years. and if we allow lies to go unchecked and deceit to become the norm, then our democracy begins to crumble and that s what s been happening. we sit here time and time again, we see ministers coming to the dispatch box and we say, that s not true and then they say, we aren t allowed to say it isn t true. we have to say that they inadvertently misled the house and they will correct the record, and they will correct the record, and they will correct the record, and they never come back. they tell and they never come back. they
house, everyone will be calling each other a liar, butjust tell the truth. that s the solution and the truth. that s the solution and the truth must prevail. the truth! that is the solution. integrity must be restored and honesty must prevail. the thing is, we are currently in this house, we are the guardians of our democracy right now and i don t think we are doing a very good job. we must do much better. but this reform does bring some of that back. and the thing is, mr deputy speaker, it is quite ironic that two years ago i was thrown out of parliament, this place, for calling johnson a liar. and the irony is that if he wasn t such a weasel and if he didn t resign, he would have been thrown out of this place for 90 days for lying. and that is the irony of this situation. and i think that. i mean. it would have made me a bit