Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'll keep this brief. We're not blocking this bill. It's important that Canadians understand what this bill is and what it isn't. This is not a filibuster. How can you filibuster something when it's already under time allocation? It's an impossibility. When we get to 8:30 today, on behalf of Canadians, we will have to vote anyway, even though there's been very little testimony and very little discussion.
This is not a filibuster. This is an educational session with respect to the failures of the NDP-Liberal costly coalition, which we now know is, sadly, irritating Mr. Julian. He wants to get on.
We can't block this bill. If we were blocking this bill, it would still be in the House of Commons.
We also know, because Mr. Naqvi asked me to go home and do bizarre things alone, this is obviously irritating him as well. Perhaps he thinks that being able to say words like those the minister has said in the House of Commons is helpful, and that we can all say “penis” and “vagina” here in committee. It's not bothersome to be able to say that.
However, I don't believe for one second that this is what Canadians are asking us to do here. Canadians are asking me to say what our opposition is to this bill, and I've been very clear in helping Canadians understand what the trouble is with this bill. Certainly, at every chance we get, we are trying to be helpful to make this better.
At that point, Mr. Chair, I'm happy to cede the floor.