Mr. Speaker, the member has offered an excellent perspective on the envelope. I have not thought it through a whole lot, and I am not necessarily the smartest guy in the world either, but at this point in the debate I would not want to disconnect the voting right from the right to speech. All of us feel the right to vote is pretty fundamental. Our only ammunition as MPs is our tongue and our vote. That is it.
I would not want to disconnect the right to free speech from the right to vote, although there may be cases where there is an evident personal interest involved in a vote. I think our rules adequately cover that. I do not propose to change that.