Mr. Speaker, I wanted to rise today to say that I consider this entire debate to be pathetically irrelevant. I reflect on the words of the hon. member for Kamloops that it is a frosty Friday when we have a member of the Reform Party agreeing with a member of the New Democrats.
We should be bringing forward issues like true tax reform, such as the hon. member for Broadview-Greenwood and our member for Calgary Centre have suggested. We should be bringing forward legislation for proper protection, particularly under the CPP and protection for seniors. We should be bringing forward realistic reform to health care and returning room to tax and powers to the provinces. I look at the Order Paper and I see that in addition to this totally irrelevant and pathetic Bill S-9, the next orders of government are: Bill C-90, the Minister of Finance, an act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Excise Act; Bill C-106, the Minister of Justice, an act respecting the Law Commission of Canada; and Bill C-105, the Minister of Finance, Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act. We should be doing some real legislation in this House.
It is a very unusual day but I underscore the fact that I stand very strongly behind the member for Kamloops when I say that this bill along with the rest of the legislation that is being brought forward by this government is pathetically irrelevant. Why not bring something to this House that has some meaning to the people of Canada?