Mr. Speaker, it was my impression that this House was a forum whereby members could have the opportunity of making a case to convince the other side and that is the purpose of this.
In the Liberal red book the government says it will take a series of initiatives to restore confidence in the institutions of government; open government will be the watch word of the Liberal program.
Is the use of closure through time allocation one of the initiatives that will be used to restore confidence? Is this what the House leader calls open government?