Madam Speaker, certainly stalling has been basically our position all along because of the appeal situation in the United States. Our position, which was purported to support the MMT bill, has been well pointed out in the House and at committee.
When I began to cross-examine some of the evidence at committee, for instance the sparkplug evidence, it turned out to be fake. I demolished the testimony of the person who had the nerve to come to the table and put forward evidence that turned out to be completely erroneous.
That is why the government has been very reluctant to agree to independent third party testing. It has rejected that down the line. However I understand some groups are getting together in the United States to have independent third party testing to be able to remove the pressure of lobby groups.
Certainly our party has not been siding with any particular lobby group. Right from the beginning we have been asking for independent third party tests. My colleague asks who stands up for science. We wonder about the government and what lobby groups it is supporting.
The delay is to see what will happen in the United States and certainly this is an ill advised bill that should die.