Mr. Speaker, on the weekend, the member for LaSalle—Émard and Liberal leadership candidate declared that he would vote for the bill on aboriginal governance in order to avoid the present Prime Minister's calling an early election, but went on to say that he would not implement it once he was elected.
Given the hullabaloo over his bill, not only in his own caucus but also among the aboriginal people themselves, could the Prime Minister not come to his senses and do the only thing possible under the circumstances: withdraw his bill?