Mr. Speaker, the member for Durham has been a fervent advocate of changes to the Canada-U.S. treaty, as indeed have a number of other members in the House, changes which would bring needed relief to tens of thousands of low and middle income Canadians. As he also knows, and as the House knows, our bill is currently on schedule and will be before the House in due time.
Although the bill is not yet on the floor of the U.S. Senate, we have heard encouraging news. The U.S. Senate foreign relations committee has recommended to the Senate that it pass the—