Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his, as usual, entertaining remarks.
I will first make a comment and then ask a brief question.
The hon. member noted that Senate bills can get precedence in many situations in the House. However, he failed to mention that he and his party voted against a motion brought by the member for Beauce, who is now the Minister of State for Small Business, to change that. Perhaps the hon. member should not criticize issues that he was previously on the other side of. It would be more appropriate that he remember how he voted before he talks about issues.
The Conservative Party and its predecessor parties have believed in Senate reform. The hon. member's party would prefer abolition.
If the best proposals from each side were put forward before the Canadian population in a referendum, a plebiscite or the like, and if Senate reform were chosen for a democratically elected regional Senate, would the hon. member then support the election?