I'll be happy to.
Somebody yelled, “Call the question.” Well, we did. Earlier this morning we said, “Let's vote on whether we're going to talk about Bill C-6.” We did. We said, “Let's get to legislation. Let's get to work.”
I know; I was here. I do have assisted hearing, but I do remember hearing that this morning. We did talk about that this morning. That's where we were headed. We were going to get down to work and start getting the legislation back. The motion was fine. What do we get instead? We get the “I'm going to take my ball and go home if I don't get my way” approach that we've been having the whole time.
Through you, Mr. Chair, I'd like to ask the great citizens of this country who are listening in on this debate what they would have legislators do. Is it work on legislation? Would they have us work on legislation, or would they have us do an investigation into some partisan motion that's been put forward? I think even the partisan people out there, the people who may even call themselves voters of one of the other parties, would say we should work on the legislation first and do the work that we're sent here to do.
I have to say, Chair, that I'm a bit embarrassed for this committee. I know I've spoken on this before. I know that Bill C-6 was the topic of a conversation I've had at this committee before. We've struggled with wanting to get this done in the face of an election. I recognize, after the number of members of the official opposition we saw in the House last night, that their want for an election is somewhat lacking, but we will eventually go to the polls again in this country, one way or another.
You know, I will have to say that we're honoured with the presence of almost half of the official opposition who voted last night. I think people at home will think it's very relevant that the official opposition is actually in a committee.