moved for leave to introduce Bill C-250, an act to amend the Referendum Act.
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to reintroduce a private member's bill that I introduced in the last Parliament. It amends the Referendum Act of Canada. Its purpose is to allow the people of Canada to actually do what democracy allows them to do and that is to rule.
In my view more mechanisms are needed for the people of Canada to have a direct say in the decisions which are made that affect their future. This referendum bill sets out a mechanism that allows the people of the country to play a larger and more specific role in the legislative process.
I look forward to debate on this bill and perhaps to it being passed by the House.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)