Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his comments. They are enlightening to me as a member who has been in this House for a year.
One of the things I am going to reflect on and honestly one of the things I have learned here is that sometimes amendments are put forward in good spirit and sometimes they are put forward for purely political purposes to filibuster. I am learning that. It is one of the things that I am learning about perhaps the darker side of the rules in parliament.
When the member asks me whether that was stonewalling or whether it was a poor attempt to govern, I do not know what those amendments were in fairness. I do not know what they reflected. More than 200 certainly means that they were doing their job I suppose. They were reviewed by the justice committee. My experience on that committee to date has been that oftentimes parties seize on a particular issue and will sometimes play politics with it. Sadly, I was not here but I thank the hon. member for his history lesson. I unfortunately cannot determine whether or not those amendments were in good faith or not.
I heard the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice speak earlier. She indicated that during that debate all kinds of amendments were accepted. I do not know how many must have been put forward to the government. Some were accepted. Obviously 200 were rejected. It does not sound to me like the best way to do business though.