—is why it's necessary to have our motion: because the government has gone down such a wrong path. So of course it's important for me to give you, sir, legitimate reasons why this motion deserves the consideration that it's getting.
Again, this was the kind of work we did last time. So what happens? The Chief Electoral Officer, after an election, they review—duh—they make recommendations for changes—duh—and they hope that those changes will make things better—duh. And they came in with this. Here are all the arguments, the concerns.... My good friend Mr. Lukiwski knows what hours we spent not in being partisan, but in working through these, as people who are part of the electoral process and who are engaged in it. We worked it through.
I will say again that it was one of the most stimulating, enjoyable, and fulfilling exercises that I have done since I've been here, because after 30 years of politics, same old same old doesn't carry the same cachet, meaning government in one corner and the opposition in other corners. But when we come together and set aside those politics, now that's exciting, and that's a challenge, and I think that's when Canadians are most pleased. They know there are times we have to go in the ditch on issues, and they want us to, but at the end of the day, they also look at overall Parliament and hope that Parliament is giving them good governance. This is not good governance, by any definition.
So pages and pages.... For instance.... Let's do a “for instance”, Chair, so I can show the relevancy of it.