Mr. Speaker, the government has set out a process involving a task force and ultimately public debate. We will not allow anybody to jump the queue.
The real issue is why the NDP is playing the banks' game? Why is it trying to hijack the process? Why will it not let Canadians look at the total future of financial institutions? Why does it want to focus on this merger and nothing else?
The NDP may be prepared to dance to the banks' music, but we are going to let Canadians call the tune.