Madam Speaker, my friend is absolutely correct.
One of the things that I think most turns off Canadians is the government using its ability to set the legislative agenda to play political games. There is no question that this is what it has done for Bill C-15, knowing that it can count on the public's lack of understanding of how complicated the bill is to try to trap opposition members. It is completely disingenuous.
What a responsible government would do when it comes to bills like Bill C-15 is divide them. That is clearly what opposition members have been asking for.
The government has claimed in the last several months that it is committed to reforming the House of Commons. It could start by ensuring that we would not have omnibus bills any more by ensuring that there is a provision to divide up these bills. We could change the standing orders to empower the Speaker to divide bills that are omnibus bills. There would be nothing wrong with doing that.
I completely agree with my friend that if the government is committed to democratic reform that is a good place to start.