Mr. Speaker, the government has stated time and again that it is quite open to Senate reform, but we will do this in a manner that addresses all of the reform needs of the Senate.
Currently the provinces are engaged, through the Council of the Federation, in a discussion among themselves. I believe we should allow the provinces to come to a consensus, and if indeed they do, the government is quite prepared to look at that consensus in order to proceed with Senate reform that is not a piecemeal approach to the Senate.