Madam Speaker, we are quite aware of what is in the bill. The negatives that we pointed out were things such as Canada not being ready for the debate on automation of our border. There are a number of other more practical aspects that I perhaps could have pointed out, such as the job loss associated with the automation of the border crossings. That has not been raised in the House and it probably should be.
Also the hon. member's intervention tries to lead us to believe that the bill was put forward as a result of the tragedy of the World Trade Center. It was not. It originated in the Senate long before this emergency took place.
I would ask the hon. member or representatives of the Liberal Party this. If this bill has such great merit and there is no subterfuge going on, why did it not originate in the House of Commons, as does most government business? We could then have debated these things openly, upfront and not have worried about what kind of a secondary objective the government was trying to achieve.