Mr. Speaker, the issue conflicting with other elections is something that would have to go to committee. I do not know how to manage that.
I want to address the member's other question which is on priorities. This issue clearly is not a priority for Canadians.
As a result of budget 2006 we are seeing once again a growing disparity between the rich and the poor. Government initiatives in my view do little to help those who most need assistance. They do little to help students to gain access to post-secondary education, and do nothing for the productivity agenda which is so important to Canada. The government's initiatives do very little, if anything, for Canada's first nations people and do nothing for child care. There are all kinds of priorities.
When I went around my constituency this summer, people said to me, “The GST was cut, but I didn't notice. A penny and a half on a cup of coffee does not make a lot of difference to me, but if the personal exemption had been kept where it was, it would have helped”.
As priorities, this issue is not one of them. It has been presented as legislation and I will support it, but we could have done a lot more for Canadians.