Mr. Speaker, the member in response to a previous question referred to report stage and the possibility of getting an implementation schedule change. I am sure there is a good reason why we do not take the opportunity for doing those things.
It is kind of sad that in this place sometimes we do not do things because we anticipate that it will not be passed in any event. It really is a disappointment because I believe the important thing is that the item be raised for consideration and shared with members and to explain the significance of the change whether or not it might have a likelihood of passing.
In this place almost anything can happen. There is a full moon over Ottawa right now and I honestly believe that if we ask for it, we just might get it.
On the schedule, I ask the member again, he knows that if someone had moved a motion or considered that same item in committee, another member would not have been able to do it at report stage. It bothers me that somehow members' rights to make report stage motions may be superseded by the fact that someone frivolously raised issues in committee simply to frustrate the ability to do it at report stage.
I wanted to raise that as a comment because it is an element of parliamentary reform that we ought to consider.