Absolutely not, Mr. Speaker. That is contrary to what I was saying earlier. The fact that we stand here today to debate the issue is what democracy is all about. It is what the House is all about.
I am talking about some fairly fundamental principles that are being debated here. I am talking about the substance of debate. I know substantive debate is frowned upon by hon. members opposite, but we are talking about substantive debate. We are talking about the context of the motion. We are also talking about what that motion could mean in the long term.
It is that which offends me, not the fact that we sit here and debate and not that parliament does not have the right to make laws. If we continue to presume that we are arrogant enough to know all the answers, if we continue to presume that since we have done it the same way for thousands of years we should continue to do so, there will never be any progress. The gains the country has made which have made it the number one country in the world would have been absolutely futile and for naught.