Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question.
It is difficult to deal with such a serious and complex subject when confronted with political games. Unfortunately, that happens far too often in the House.
Unless I am mistaken, the time allocation motion that was debated a little earlier today was the 33rd one that has been imposed. Another time allocation motion was moved this afternoon, which makes this the 34th time the government has decided to close down debate.
My colleague from Gatineau pointed out to the Minister of Justice that the statistics he used to justify the bill before us were not the right ones.
Too often, we see the government making decisions that are perhaps based on the media and on what we see in the newspapers; reactions may be very strong and people may be on edge following incidents that are very difficult for communities and families to deal with.
I hope the committee will be able to fill in the gaps that we unfortunately see far too often when this government drafts bills.