Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech, which provided us with a lot of information about the bill and how it came about.
Bill C-48, which is before us today, contains over 1,000 pages, but the question I want to ask the member has nothing to do with the number of pages. What I want to know is why it took so long to introduce the bill and address these issues. As my colleague mentioned, this bill addresses a number of technical issues that should have been dealt with long ago. When the government takes too long to introduce legislation, it leads to insecurity in the business community. This government, therefore, is a laggard.
Can my colleague tell me why this government takes so long to address problems when solving them could help the business community?