Hon. Jane Cordy:

Honourable senators, yesterday the Prime Minister presented his economic report card away from Parliament Hill, in Saint John, New Brunswick, because he supposedly "wants to get out of the capital, talk to real people right across the country."

However, the Prime Minister was supposed to report to members of Parliament on the progress of implementation of stimulus measures the government approved in this year's budget. Despite this commitment, elected Liberal officials, including New Brunswick member of Parliament Brian Murphy, Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe; and the Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, Abel LeBlanc, were not allowed to enter the site where the Prime Minister was giving his address; they were turned away.

Can the Leader of the Government in the Senate tell us whether having a Conservative party membership card was a requirement to be on the guest list?

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