I'm there, because we want to talk...the amendment is about something that is very partisan, and I'm sorry, it doesn't just stop there; it stops at elections. Last night we had a vote that could have caused an election, Chair. I think it is very relevant that we talk about what would have happened if an election were caused. I'm pointing out that through the absence in the House of many of the official opposition, it didn't get caused last night, but, boy, if they find their way out of that lobby door once in a while, we might actually get to an election and actually have to deal with Bill C-6 as a piece of election legislation.
It's amazing. I guess we have the cream of the crop, Chair. We have here with us many of those who were actually able to find their way through the lobby door and down the stairs into the House of Commons last night to vote. What I'm asking them to do is to take that same power they seem to have as a select few of the members of the official opposition and use that same power to work on legislation here in this committee.
They're asking to be legislators. They're asking to be here. They were some of the ones who actually stood last night and voted for their amendment. Let's ask them to do the same here. Let's ask them to work on legislation that's needed. We've had Bill C-6 before this committee. We've had witnesses here before this committee. Each of the witnesses we had, even some of the religious background groups we had when we were talking about Bill C-6 in the summer, or September, when we were talking about it, talked about how important they felt it was. They certainly had some views. Most of them had similar views, stating how they weren't asking for the legislation to be interpreted in the way of the Chief Electoral Officer, when he interpreted Bill C-6 to mean that certain people could vote without identifying themselves. The purpose of Bill C-6 is for the use of photo ID to identify yourself at the poll.
Chair, as I have stated before, and I will say again, I show photo ID when I get on an airplane. I show photo ID in many cases. I've had young people say to me that they even have to show photo ID to get into a bar.