Mr. Speaker, our fate is intimately tied to what happens in Europe. We are not Fortress Canuck.
When the Conservatives withdrew Canada's application for membership in the Security Council, they did not withdraw it because they were afraid we would lose. They withdrew it because they knew we would be humiliated at the UN. The Canada they are projecting onto the world stage is unrecognizable to Canadians and unrecognizable to the world. That is the shame of the Conservatives.
The reality is also that there is a drift away from democracy. The government has imposed 30 gag orders.
Why prevent a study of the mammoth bill?