Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Similarly, we will be voting against this motion. I will be voting against this motion on behalf of the Liberal Party.
The power to vote on these measures is essential. To not be able to not only study at the individual committees but to actually vote at the individual committees I think is a mistake.
It's notable that in this budget implementation act, Bill C-4, we are correcting errors made in previous budget implementation acts. Errors are more likely to happen when Parliament is denied the opportunity to fulfill our responsibilities in terms of the type of due diligence that is required in the scrutinization of legislation. We have seen errors in previous budget implementation acts resulting from this kind of kitchen-sink, omnibus-bill approach, whether it is changing the Supreme Court Act or overhauling the management and labour relations within the public service, as well as all the technical tax changes the Auditor General has recommended be in separate legislation, not as part of the budget implementation act.
The government has determined that this is the course they're going to pursue. Ultimately, we'll register our concern and our objection to this and our opposition to it. I don't think it yields optimal public policy results when we take this kind of approach. It denies the ability for individual members of Parliament from all parties, not just the opposition parties...government members ought to be similarly concerned that they are being denied the opportunity to do their jobs, to fulfill their responsibilities as members of Parliament, and to scrutinize legislation to the best of their abilities.