Mr. Speaker, I will be brief. The hon. secretary of state just referred to the process of appointing judges.
I suggest to her that the Canadian people view the process as failing them. The process is not working. During her remarks the hon. secretary of state, and I do not know who wrote that speech for her but it was appalling, mentioned believing in the court system: “I believe in respecting Canada's judicial system and invoking the notwithstanding clause is not the most effective means”. It is a means whereby we can deal with this today, not in weeks or months or whenever the appeal court gets around to it.
She said this is not a resolution. In other words, invoking the notwithstanding clause today would not be a resolution. It is a reaction. It is. I would say courts are not the solution, courts are the problem.