Madam Speaker, I want to quote an MP, who said the following:
—it has become a standard practice with governments to bring in omnibus legislation following every budget under what we might call the kitchen sink approach....
How can members represent their constituents on these various areas when they are forced to vote in a block on such legislation and on such concerns?
We can agree with some of the measures but oppose others. How do we express our views and the views of our constituents when the matters are so diverse? Dividing the bill into several components would allow members to represent views of their constituents on each of the different components in the bill.
It was, of course, the Prime Minister who said that in 1994, and this is a bigger bill.
My question is about process. Does the member believe in what the Prime Minister said in 1994? How can she get behind a bill like this with the logic of the Prime Minister in 1994, which I agree with, on this approach, which is highly undemocratic?