Mr. Speaker, my question is for the right hon. Prime Minister.
I want to ask the Prime Minister why, contrary to what he said outside the House just before question period began, he is deliberately endangering everything that this Parliament could do between now and the Christmas break by insisting that the only choices available are either a non-confidence motion or his own timetable, that is to say, the timetable of the Liberal Party?
Why is he not prepared to accept a compromise that would enable this Parliament to do what it needs to do?