Very quickly, Mr. Chair, I really don't understand this. As a backbench MP, I think this is an opportunity for opposition parties and non-government ministers and non-government parliamentary secretaries to have a real say and to have something happen.
I moved a private member's bill in my first year here, Mr. Chair, you might remember. It was agreed to by all parties except the Liberals, who were in government then, and I had no ability to cost it because I do not have the resources. It certainly would have been helpful for a backbench MP moving a private member's bill to have that, because that would have given me the ability to go to end users. In that particular case, it was a guarantee for cattle producers on the NAFTA agreement. It would have been very helpful for opposition parties in that case.
So I don't understand why there's this negativity toward this, which I actually think is a real plus for private members' business--I really do--and especially for opposition parties.