Madam Speaker, I feel it does not matter whether it comes from the Senate or from here. It is whether it is a good bill or a bad bill and whether we have an opportunity to vote on it and to speak on it. It is long overdue and I am pleased that it is here. If it was the Senate that made it come here today, I am pleased because, coming from a shipping town, it is long overdue.
Being in the House today and hearing the comments that are being made about other people who also work for the betterment of Canadians, I found it tugging at my heart. Yes, we are also saying there has to be Senate reform and the senators are saying this. It is not just the Reformers who are saying it. Everybody knows that.
However, to do what we did today was a waste of time and energy and a cost to taxpayers. This should not have been done. We should have continued on with the debate. This has tugged at my heart. It was not easy because I know people who work hard in the Senate and I know some who do not show up. You deal with it. The majority of them work hard. If we need to make changes then we can deal with it in a way in which we do not have to point fingers at people.
As far as the bill goes, whether it came from the House, from the government side, from this side or from the Senate, if it is a good bill we deal with it. This is a good bill and I am pleased to be here to say that.