Mr. Speaker, before asking my question, I would like to set the member who has just spoken straight on a few points.
He talked about moving Motion No. 56. First, he was not in the House. Second, he had presented the wording to our House leader, who had agreed to its being moved, even in the member's absence, on condition that certain words be changed. Third, after the motion was discussed or debated and brought forward with unanimous consent, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health arrived with a proposal to again amend what had been agreed on with the member who has just spoken.
So, when he accuses the Bloc Quebecois of playing political games in this connection, I think he is showing obvious bad faith.
As for the bill itself—and this is my question—when the president of the governing council of an institute of health research is also the organization's president—even an ordinary caisse populaire does not make this kind of mistake and the director of the board of directors of a caisse populaire is never the caisse's director because of the potential conflict of interest—I would say the government would do better not to present its bill as the best thing since sliced bread. In my opinion, it should—and this was suggested by the member for Hochelaga—Maisonneuve in one of his many proposals—separate the functions of president of the governing council and president of the organization. There is no need to look very far; it is immediately obvious. This is something that is open to criticism.
What can the member say about this without getting into political games? I would remind him that we are in parliament and that we are just as entitled to express our views as he is. I would point out to him that 66% of Canadians did not vote for the Liberal Party of Canada in the last election.