Mr. Speaker, several amendments were brought forward in this House and received almost no debate as result of closure motions, time allocation and closure, I might add.
Members of the current government when they were in opposition consistently maintained that these activities were contrary to democracy and the free operation of this House. Now we have the same members over there defending the use of closure to rush bills through the House before they have received adequate and normal public exposure or scrutiny.
How does the government House leader explain, justify, defend this basic inconsistency, this awful compromise?