Madam Speaker, I would just like to remind the hon. minister that this is only a starting point. That is all it is, a starting point for democratic reform. We want to put the question to Canadians. Do they want it or not?
I want to cite an Ipsos Reid poll between the days of January 24 and 27, 2011, indicating that 33% of Canadians want to abolish the Senate and 49% want Senate reform.
That is a total of 82% of Canadians who want to reform the Senate.
This motion, today, brought forward by the hon. member for Hamilton Centre is just a starting point. We can start there and then we can go on.