Mr. Speaker, I have a comment before my question. The member has said he thinks it perfectly normal to have senators—he named one—, for they can be important individuals, distinguished citizens and so forth.
That is not the question. The question is: Who do they represent? I repeat, and I said this earlier in the House, that I am going to be uncomfortable on the committee to see people around me who are not elected, who have been appointed by the Prime Minister or by a former Primer Minister, because they are sometimes there so long that it is not necessarily the one now in office who appointed them. These people do not represent any democratic values and will be questioning democratic decisions—I am coming to my question—that were taken on two occasions in the case before us.
Does he not find it abnormal that a committee is being formed when we could simply pass a motion, since the issue has been debated several times in his province? It could be wrapped up this week and approval given to the constitutional amendment as requested by the people in his own province.