If you want to talk about what's in the bill and the parameters leading up to the bill, the bill is 139 years of age now, I believe. Also, since 1992, when that bill was first tabled—there were attempts I think on two or three occasions to table it—there were some major discussions involving people around the country. If you ever think we'll get to the day when we'll take every piece of legislation and go out, even after tabling, and talk to every person in the country and get his or her opinion, it's not going to work.
I would suggest to you that the hoist motion does kill the bill, because it means it's taken off the order paper and cannot be reintroduced again during the session. That is actually killing the bill.
The best thing we can do with the bill is get it to second reading in committee where you can make any changes that are necessary in that bill. I think if you ask any good lawyer around, he will tell you that there's nothing you or anybody else—unless it's something specific that people wouldn't go along with anyway—can't change in committee. The Federal Accountability Act, I believe, had 154 amendments, and some of them were pretty heavy stuff. So any changes that anybody has raised with me, in fact, when I've talked to people about their concerns, once they understand what is meant by the terminology and so on, I've run across very few who object. The only people who object are given the interpretations hook, line, and sinker and don't get the chance to find out the truth.