Mr. Speaker, the member from the government who just spoke talks about Reform representing Canadians. Let us talk a little about Reform representing Canadians. Let us talk about a phenomena that the government seems to be forgetting or overlooking.
It seems that the federal government conveniently forgets that it is being challenged in court over Bill C-68. Who is taking the government to court? Is it a lone Canadian citizen or a firearms association? The federal government is being challenged in the court by government itself, not by one government but by four provincial governments: the governments of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario, and the two territories, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories, over half of the Canadian population. What about geographics? It amounts to 75% to 85% of Canada's land mass. That is the stark reality.
This government is being challenged in court by over half the Canadian population representing a big chunk of Canada's land mass. Can this member at least tell me why the federal government is not putting on hold the implementation of this bill until at least the Alberta Court of Appeal comes down with a decision?