Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Winnipeg North for his question. That is the reason we decided to support this bill. Despite it all, we think that we have to go in that direction.
Like him, we agree that many amendments should be adopted in committee. We therefore want Bill C-52 to go to committee and for the amendments proposed by his party and ours to be seriously considered and possibly adopted.
I am fully prepared to be hopeful and optimistic. However, statistically speaking, if we look at the number of bills that have been amended in committee since the Conservatives got a majority, chances are not in our favour. Still, we think it is important to continue in that direction.