It seems to me, following up on Mr. Lessard's comments, that when we're dealing with a private member's bill that in some parties will be subject to a free vote, putting as much evidence as you could before us to help us persuade colleagues on the other side of the House might be an element that would be persuasive to some.
In the same vein, this issue has certainly been around for a very long time--but I'm a rookie here, so correct me if I'm wrong--and people in my community and across the country have been lobbying for movement on this in a very tenacious way. They've hung in and been very patient with Parliament to get us to this point.
Since it's not the first time that it's before us, I wonder whether you can talk a little about what the obstacles were with past governments. What were the reasons why this was never brought forward? I know it was discussed, so there must have been reasons why it wasn't implemented. It couldn't have just been costs, I would assume.