I'd be happy to add, just very quickly, that this bill does not contemplate a constitutional amendment. This is not an amendment to the Constitution of Canada. It is legislation enacted in relation to the Senate, but it is not a constitutional amendment.
Even if it were framed as a constitutional amendment, under the amending processes not all constitutional amendments must be made in relation to the Senate under the 7/50 procedure, which is the general amending formula.
In fact, section 44—I hate to get technical—is the default procedure. Parliament may make laws amending the Constitution of Canada in relation to the executive government, the Senate, and the House of Commons.
Thirdly, just in terms of how we get where we want to get, we should bear in mind that were we ever to go to a 7/50 amendment, the Senate does not have an absolute veto over 7/50 amendments. So the way is not necessarily blocked entirely. The Senate has a suspensive veto, a 180-day veto.