Madam Speaker, I am not sure exactly what the question is but I invite the member to read the speech, which is not a bad speech, by the member for LaSalle—Émard.
The member for LaSalle—Émard said “legislation is sent to committees after the cement has set”. On private members' business he said “the existing system is so weak that it is laughable”. He also said “standing committees should be overhauled because they need more independence and expanded authority”. Why is that? It is because now they do not have it.
Why do members not use their existing powers to review the business of supply? What is the point? We get tired of it. It is like whack a gopher at the fair. When we stick our head up after the ninth, tenth or fifteenth time of having it beat down into the ground we have to say ourselves that it is not very productive. The government does not allow us to move a single dollar. Not one dollar can be moved from one part of the department to the next. If we bring it back to the House, what happens? The entire bunch of them over there get up on their hind legs and say whatever the minister wants and then reverts it all back to the original.
That member over there is one of the worst because he will lobby us behind the scenes and then vote with the government when he gets a chance.