Mr. Speaker, I want to expand on some of the comments made by my colleagues.
I think I have a possible solution to assist you in your decision and in a sense get you off the hot seat.
Obviously the other place is involved in this issue. It has dealt with it. It has passed it duly through the process.
Obviously the House of Commons now is captivated by this issue. The government certainly is interested in the issue but, most important, the people of Canada and the children of Canada are involved.
Notwithstanding the constitutional arguments, notwithstanding the procedural arguments, notwithstanding whether this is a tax or a levy or an impost, if there is a will to pass this legislation surely we can agree among ourselves today to just set this aside and the government can introduce a ways and means motion tomorrow morning. It will pass before Christmas if there is a will here on behalf of the people of Canada to do this.
Rather than perhaps go on for hours, if the will is here and I suspect from what I have heard that the people have spoken through their duly elected representatives in the House, we can actually have legislation before us in the morning and deal with this expeditiously and actually have the entire legislation passed and proclaimed before Christmas.
What a generous gift it would be for the Parliament of Canada to give the people of Canada a life saving gift for generations to come.