Yes, I agree with my colleague. This certain threshold is 3% of eligible voters. When it is signed and 3% or more of eligible voters want the change, it does not mean that it has to come into the House and is done right away. It means discussion takes place. It means committees get involved and look at it. In effect, rather than have legislation that comes into the House top down, we are getting legislation that is encouraged bottom up. It makes sense to most people.
I hope this does not fall on deaf ears after today. I hope when we get into committees like procedure and House affairs, the main management committee of the House of Commons, we could table this as a necessary change to the standing orders.
We could have a serious discussion and have a subcommittee and the House of Commons look at some way of putting some strength into the courage and convictions of those who walk around the country and sign documents to get change to take place.
The point is being made here that we lack a certain amount of democracy in what we call a democracy. If we continue with majority governments in this land that basically make the bills in cabinet and whip their members into a vote on a Tuesday night—