Mr. Speaker, the minister was not paying attention to the questions yesterday.
Bill C-2 slaps a gag law on voters, prevents the Chief Electoral Officer from testing new voting technologies, reinstates an illogical 50 candidate rule, perpetuates an offensive system of patronage appointments by the Prime Minister and cannot prevent cats and dogs from being registered as voters and candidates.
The bill fails every reasonable test for political neutrality and fairness. Why does the minister not just throw the bill away and start again from scratch?