Madam Speaker, like the hon. member across the way who just spoke, I think it is a shame that we have not been able to debate more of these things in depth. We were not given the opportunity as Canadians to have a vote on this. There was no great patriotic debate across the country.
I know the hon. member cares deeply about the oath of citizenship and had his own thoughts on the matter. Unfortunately, some members in his own party have pulled some sneaky manoeuvres to go ahead and stifle the amount of debate on this particular topic and the ability of the former parliamentary secretary to make amendments as best as he could so that he could try to make positive changes to the bill.
It is a sad day when we cannot have a fair debate on an oath of citizenship and the revocation of citizenship. A nation that does not control its borders and cannot have a serious debate on who and who is not a citizen and what that requires, where is that nation headed? That is a nation in big trouble. It is a real shame when things like that are left to the bureaucrats without any fair public debate.
I want to once again mention that I am splitting my time with the hon. member for Calgary Centre. Did I mention that before?