Mr. Speaker, that is truly an excellent question from my esteemed colleague.
I am going to make a sad observation about the implementation of the budget, about Bill C-4, which we studied in committee.
Unfortunately, we had to review, examine and vote on 472 clauses. The opposition parties introduced over 60 proposed amendments to that bill, and they were systematically voted down.
That is not even to mention the government's particularly underhanded trick of amending the rules in committee to allow independent members to submit their proposed amendments to the committee instead of here in the House. That showed a lack of respect and it reduced the powers of independent members. Those powers are widely recognized and have been in effect for a very long time.
The government respects virtually nothing, and that completely undermines our trust.