Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to participate in this debate on Motion M-89, which reads as follows: "That-the government should permit Members of the House of Commons-"
I have a question to ask right away. We just had a vote in this House 15 minutes ago. The Reform Party voted as a group, as did the Bloc Quebecois. Which party had a free vote? It was the government and not the opposition. So the motion should be rephrased and say instead that the opposition should allow free votes. The government has already done so. The government made that promise in the last election campaign, and delivered on it in this House no more than 15 or 20 minutes ago.