I'm providing some background to show that it's all well and good for the government to say that the act hasn't been amended in 40 years and that that's a problem—we know there have been a lot of problems, such as toy recalls, since 2006—but every time we've wanted to work on the bill and pass it, Minister, your government, your department and the Prime Minister have engaged in obstruction. However, we do agree that the four parties were in unanimous agreement on the principles of the bill.
Questions arise at some point, Minister. I find it paradoxical that you say time is running out and that you issued a news release in 2007 to tell us that this was important, that you couldn't wait to talk to us about the bill in detail and that it was time for things to move forward. Why then didn't you seek unanimous consent in June? We held five committee meetings and did a lot of work on this matter. Why didn't your department and your government take steps to ensure that the bill would be passed quickly when there was a consensus among the political parties?