Mr. Chairman, I would like to make a clarification. First, the Bloc Québécois will be supporting the government's motion, but I would ask that Mr. Petit make an important distinction. If I understand correctly—and someone will correct me if I am wrong—this applies after the date of royal assent. So the six-month period will come into play once our Parliament, which has two chambers, has finished its work in both places. So this has nothing to do with the time the Senate may take, since the bill will come into effect six months after royal assent.
I would ask our colleague not to confuse the role of the Senate and royal assent; they are two different things. That does not mean that we cannot rail against the Senate. I certainly understand that. Ideally, we need an elected Senate—that is another debate— but we should not confuse the two concepts.
I know it is very rare for you to confuse the two concepts, but since you just did so, I wanted to make that clarification. But it is really not like you to do this.