Mr. Speaker, I can assure you I have been called worse by better so I do not take it seriously at all.
The bill provides an opportunity for impartiality. More important, the member opposite should recognize that it provides for an opportunity for parliament to have control over the agency, both through the public accounts committee and through the required five year reporting system that will come into effect. We know it is extremely important, representing Canadians from right across Canada, that opportunity exists.
It is a fundamentally sound bill. I doubt if it would come as a great surprise in my heart or my mind not to find an offer of support for the motion put by the opposition member, but I think he should support the bill.