I was given different reasons throughout debate. Some said that it was because there was a royal recommendation that was needed. Others said that the government has done a lot of spending and that they need to restrain what they do.
I'm not sure why there wasn't unanimous support. I appreciate that I had the support of the Bloc, the NDP and the Green members, and as I said, four members from the Liberal party voted for it. At the end of the day, I think that it just comes down to petty partisan politics. It is unfortunate that something that is really of a non-partisan nature has turned into this.
It was also frustrating for me. I did reach out to all parties. I didn't get responses from anybody in cabinet to have a discussion about this until after the first hour of debate was already completed in the House.