On a point of information, this is actually a perfect opportunity for me to raise something that I want to raise as a point of information. Just for the information of committee members, there was an e-petition put up about half a day ago. Late yesterday it was put up, just before dinnertime yesterday. It's on this topic, and it might be something members would be interested in following, particularly the Liberal members, because they are being expected to do the Prime Minister's dirty work for him. I'm sure they're getting a lot of flack about that, and the only person who is benefiting from this is the Prime Minister. He's the one who wants to make life easier for himself, so this is something Liberal members might want to follow.
It's Petition e-983. I'll just note that it has been up for about half a day now, and it has about 5,000 signatures. I'm watching it, and it's growing by the minute here. There are signatures from every single province and territory all across the country.
I won't read the preamble, because that might take too much of Mr. Christopherson's time, but I will just read the part on the petition, just for the information of members:
We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to adhere to longstanding Parliamentary tradition and procedure and not force any changes to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons outlined in the above mentioned discussion paper without the unanimous consent of all political Parties currently represented in the House of Commons.
As I said, there have been around 5,000 signatures in about half a day, and that is growing by the minute. It's something I think members would want to be aware of and follow, because it's obvious that Canadians from all across this country are demanding that the government not do this without the consent of all political parties.