Mr. Speaker, it is about time we got back to the opposition motion at hand.
We in the NDP actually support this motion but we have concerns about the aspects of the motion dealing with the ten percenters and the notion that somehow we should just eliminate them for being sent outside of our riding. On that basis, we introduced the amendment, which the Liberals do not seem to be too supportive of, that we would allow such ten percenters to occur as long as they did not engage in negative attacks on another member or a political party.
To me, that is an eminently reasonable compromise here and a position that the Liberals should reconsider and look at. It seems to me that would be one way of resolving the issue. We made it work on a provincial basis in Manitoba. I am sure we could look at other examples where things like this have worked.
In the meantime, we should get back to discussing the motion at hand. We know the government does not want to discuss this motion. It is very clear on that.