Mr. Speaker, I have more of a comment to make than a question. I always enjoy listening to the House leader of the NDP. I respect him for his respect for the parliamentary institution we are a part of. I will admit I have only been here for five years so I am still learning. I am still wet behind the ears compared to the member who has just spoken. It is not only my read on history. There are rules by which we govern ourselves in our standing orders and in Beauchesne's. They state that reasonable delaying tactics are acceptable in the House of Commons.
In other words, the government is not right to expect and it should not expect that we make it as efficient as possible over here. It is not within the realm of reason for us to say whatever you want to do at whatever timeframe you give us, we will just have to do it.
I wish government backbenchers, not just cabinet which understandably wants to run it like a business, would realize that the role of all parliamentarians is decreased every time the government brings in time allocation. This is about the 50th time this government has brought in time allocation, although this is not time allocation. The government has brought it in so frequently that the public and even the government backbenchers say I guess that is just the way we have to do it.
It is a shame when people come here with the best of intentions only to find out those intentions cannot be followed through on because no discussion, no debate and no delaying tactics are allowed. The government just says it is its way or—