Thanks. I won't withdraw my motion. I think that this is a good motion that should be put to a vote after it's been debated for as long as might be necessary to make and hear the proper arguments for and against this amendment.
Certainly, we don't want the government to waste money. We don't want the government to carry on with the agenda that it has had, wherein we've seen an explosion in the size of the public service that has happened under this government. What we do want is a little bit of accountability. I hope it wouldn't really impose that much of a cost on government. If we had more accountability, and if we had better information for parliamentarians, we would be able to have a more efficient public service by knowing whether or not measures introduced by the government are having the desired effect and whether or not they are getting the job done.
I reject his argument, and I reject what I think was his premise, that we are somehow favouring a larger government. It couldn't be further from the truth. We stand by our amendment. I hope that it passes.
I'll leave it at that for now.