Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister says that we should trust him to conduct a legislative review of Bill C-36 in three years.
I wonder if we could just examine the record on this. Criminal code amendments regarding mental disorders should have been reviewed five years ago by the government. They have not been. Criminal code amendments pertaining to sexual offence proceedings are overdue by a year. Employment Equity Act amendments should have been reviewed by a similar committee. They are also overdue by one year. The Referendum Act should have been reviewed six years ago and the government has still not reviewed it.
Given that the government continues to honour these things only in the breach, why should we trust it now?