Mr. Speaker, this is a very important debate that we are having today. I listened with great interest to the intervention made by the member from the Conservative Party. It was a very, very thoughtful approach, one which we would all do well as parliamentarians to listen to.
I would like the member to comment, if at all possible, on one question. It has to do with the process.
Obviously, the committee has heard all of the different witnesses. They have come forward. Undoubtedly they have heard arguments on both sides. It seems to me from what he was saying that the overwhelming amount of evidence in committee was to support the conjecture that the testing should be done at the time of arrest, that it should be strengthened. That is what I have been gathering here. I would like him to clarify that.
Beyond that, I would like to give him the opportunity with this question to respond to the process in this House. I am going to be as judicious as I can because I do not want to be accused of any unparliamentary procedure. I would like him to comment on the level of interest among the members on the government side.
This is a justice issue and it would be wonderful to see the justice minister rise in her seat and ask questions of him to see whether or not there would be a possibility of a change. What he has said has been so utterly reasonable that I do not think even an unreasonable Liberal would want to refuse to listen to the argument.
However the level of interest here is so low that it must be a little frustrating. I think it is time to shake up and wake up this Liberal government to respond to these very, very serious justice issues in the way we on this side of the House are trying to promote.
Perhaps I can have the member respond to those two questions.