Mr. Speaker, I am certain the intention behind the motion was to offer a lifeline to the government. It clearly needs some help in creating an exit strategy from this embarrassing issue that has paralyzed it for some time.
The government has not been paralyzed by HRDC. The government has been paralyzed since 1993 by its own inaction and lack of vision. HRDC has focused the attention of Canadians on one specific issue. I would argue that it really has not paralyzed the government because it is hard to paralyze a corpse. The government has been acting like a corpse in terms of its inability to develop cohesive, coherent and visionary policy.
I understand the hon. member probably shares with me a desire to help the government in any way we can by offering a lifeline like this motion so that the government can crawl out from underneath the weight of the debacle it has brought on itself. Unfortunately members opposite probably do not understand the importance of dealing with Canadians openly and transparently.