Mr. Speaker, this government is in favour of elected senators, and I have appointed elected senators whenever I have had the opportunity.
Once again, the leader of the NDP knows full well that the provinces are not going to abolish the Senate. They are on the record on that. He knows the Senate will exist, so why will he not agree to elected senators? It is because we know, as the New Democrats tried in 2008-09, they want to name their own senators.