Mr. Rose:

And the IPU. Members of my Caucus have a unique place in my heart and I will certainly miss them. What

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I will not miss are the tedious plane rides, and mushing through a snowstorm on April 19.

Some men struggle all their lives to get here, and never make it. I have been honoured to be returned here four times, and I think it is in order that I thank my constituents for their loyalty and faith, if not patience. I trust I have deserved it.

In any case, the federal Government did Mr. Stuart Leg-gatt, a former Hon. Member, the honour of appointing him to the bench. Therefore the reason I am leaving is the Government's fault. We in the West blame everything on the Liberal Government, even the snow. But mostly we blame it for its lack of economic leadership, and we are serious about that because we desperately need leadership.

Seriously, however, I leave because I am genuinely concerned about some disturbing trends in the Province of British Columbia, and if I have any future political career I would like to make that contribution, and I am determined to make that contribution, to the political life of British Columbia, in British Columbia.

Mr. Mark Rose (Mission-Port Moody):

I trust, Madam Speaker, that you will not subtract the time of the applause from my 90 seconds. I am under no illusions that what I have to say here today will blast the Lalonde budget controversy off the front pages of every major newspaper in the country. But what I have to say today is a matter of tremendous importance, at least to me.

I would like to say that I will soon be leaving this place, I guess forever, because I intend, as many Hon. Members know, to stand as a candidate for the legislature in British Columbia. Therefore, it means that pretty soon I will have to quit. I think that perhaps my action might be well emulated by others.

Mr. Rose:

I know that all Hon. Members, even in their most rancorous moods, never forget that, despite our noises here, we are pretty fond of one another. I will miss all the people with whom I have become friends, both colleagues and staff, over the last 15 years, especially my Leader and my own colleagues.

Mr. Rose:

One Mark deserves another, perhaps.

Mr. Rose:

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to ask for unanimous consent of the House-and we have given various Parties some notice of this-to allow Bill C-412 to stand in favour of Bill C-678 of my colleague, the Hon. Member for The Battlefords-Meadow Lake (Mr. Anguish).