Madam Speaker, I would like to ask my hon. colleague a couple of questions about why he feels the government has been unable to bring in good legislation.
The bill is lacking in so many areas. Yesterday we talked about another bill that was lacking in so many areas. The government seems unable to provide leadership. I used the illustration yesterday of watching an old horse die. No matter what it is fed, it gets thinner and thinner and stumbles and staggers around. We see it in so many areas.
We saw it in the gun registry yesterday and again today, with the report which says that we have thrown away $400 million of Canadian taxpayer money. It is gone and we cannot possibly get it back. We have seen it with the GST fraud. The minister seems unable and unwilling to take responsibility for what has happened. We have seen it in the inability of the government to take a solid position on Iraq. We have seen it in other areas such as agriculture with the APF. The minister now does not have programs in place when we need them. I could list a number of other areas as well.
Could my colleague comment on why we have this litany of failures to provide decent legislation for Canadians?