Mr. Speaker, I totally agree with the member's analysis. I would like to remind the parliamentary secretary, who, unfortunately, is now leaving, that it is the first time that a government introduces such a bill in the House of Commons. Despite the fact that the equalization formula is renegotiated every five years, the government had never introduced such a bill. So there is something exceptional about it.
I would ask the member if, instead of simply being an insurance policy as the parliamentary secretary was saying, the bill before us is not primarily a tool that will allow the Liberals to adjourn the House as they please.