Madam Speaker, I listened closely to the minister's eloquent remarks about equity and fairness, even in her response a few minutes ago about allowing all members to be treated equally in this House.
New Democrats govern 52 per cent of the population provincially right now in Canada. We treat everyone equally, as fairly as we possibly can and much fairer than other governments of the Liberal stripe provincially.
Given her years of talk about employment equity and given her comments and concerns respecting equality and fairness, would the minister support treating members of the New Democratic Party caucus in this House with equity and fairness as we have treated the Liberals in Saskatchewan's legislature? Would she do this by giving them at least a role in question period, full membership on committees, a front row seat for our leader and those sorts of courtesies which do not cost anyone any money but do provide a sense of equality and fairness in this House of Commons?
As the minister knows precedents have been set in previous legislatures that show very clearly that New Democrats have exercised fairness and equality. We just do not talk about it. All I have heard so far from the government is talk about equality and fairness. Where does the minister stand in providing a fair and equitable role for the New Democrats in the House of Commons?