Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the hon. member for her remarks. They were very insightful, passionate and sincere. I could not agree more with the need for reasoned and moderate debate.
However, along that line I would ask the hon. member, in all sincerity, that if this was the true intention, why did her government, three days after the Marshall decision was handed down, decide to prorogue parliament, thus hamstringing and in no small way completely doing away with the ability to debate this issue in the House of Commons? It was the Progressive Conservative Party that had to call for this debate. It was not done voluntarily by the government.
If that is the case and if debate is what will lead to a solution—and I agree with the member that it will—why did her government do away with that ability by proroguing this House?