Mr. Speaker, if you check the record, I was quoted the same time in 1992 as the current government House leader. The point I made then, which I will make here very briefly because I know you are anxious for this to be over, was that the four question rule of only being able to put only four questions on the order paper, the limit of four questions, was new when instituted in the 1980s. It was supposed to benefit the government so that it would not have a whole bunch of questions.
In return for only having four questions, the government would answer the questions within 45 days. Now what we have is that if the government does not answer the questions, we cannot put down any more questions. The government is frustrating the will of that reform.
Does the government want to go back to the days when there were 100 questions on the order paper? Is that what it wants? The reform was brought in to meet the needs of the government that was complaining it had far too many questions on the order paper. It asked to limit them to four and it would answer within 45 days. Now what does it have? It has the best of all possible worlds. It does not answer the questions and members can only ask four. It is ridiculous.