Mr. Speaker, I will be more kind than my friend from the NDP, although he is correct.
No matter how much merit it has, the Liberal government will not let that private member's bill go through. As a result of its decisions Bill C-278, the private member's bill to have a disallowance procedure in this legislation, was defeated by that party.
The real responsibility for the failure to provide a disallowance procedure lies fairly and squarely with the Minister of Justice. This is not the only mistake that has made since he came to this House.
The Minister of Justice, despite several requests by our party, still has not explained why he refuses to incorporate that disallowance procedure. He has simply not allowed that procedure to go through, and has given no rationale or explanation.
The Liberal government and the Minister of Justice missed a tremendous opportunity when they left out the disallowance clause in this bill. As Reformers, the watchdogs of the Canadian people, the watchdogs of Canadian business, the watchdogs of all that is right and just in this country, we say shame on the Liberal government. We cannot support a bill that has a fatal flaw in it. This bill has a fatal flaw in it and we will not support it.