Mr. Speaker, I will forget the last part about the assumption of who belongs to whatever party. The hon. member's caucus grew by 40% and shrunk by roughly the same amount in the space of a few weeks.
Bill C-61, which is a more serious issue without the added insults, had been referred to committee before second reading, if I remember correctly. When that process is utilized, it is utilized in a way to permit the widest possible amendments whereby the concept beyond the scope of the bill, which usually prevents amendments to a bill, does not apply so that good comments made by Liberal MPs possibly, and of course there will be some of those we know because they do their job so well, and members across the way, if there happens to be some of those too, can be incorporated in the bill if that is the wish of the committee. That is why Bill C-61 has the same feature.
I can tell the hon. member that it would be referred to committee before second reading, the same as before, to accommodate that which he wishes.