Mr. Speaker, I am surprised the opposition House leader does not consider major measures with respect to public safety like witness protection and updating our parole system and improving the system of regulation of transport as serious and important.
The hon. member and his colleagues have fully participated in these debates. I think the public will agree, even if he does not, that we have had and will continue to have a serious and important legislative program.
Our priority today and tomorrow will be third reading stage of Bill C-64, the employment equity legislation. I wonder if he is saying to one of his colleagues he does not consider that an important bill. If this bill is not completed when we adjourn tomorrow we will resume its consideration on October 16.
Following that, we will call Bill S-9 involving the U.S.-Canada income tax convention, followed by any other bills that have been or are about to be reported from committees. A number of bills are in the late stages of consideration in committees and we hope to have them reported soon.
We will then call second reading of the bill creating the Law Commission of Canada to be introduced tomorrow, followed by the tax convention legislation that was introduced this morning.
I am pleased to give this statement of the important and substantial government business, the balance of which we will be calling for this week and after we return from the break for Thanksgiving.