Mr. Speaker, the NDP can wish it away all they want. It is not going to disappear until the premiers and the Prime Minister are sitting at the table.
I can tell the member that the leader of the Liberal Party is very much open to listening to what Canadians and the premiers across this land have to say about it, if in fact we want to enter into constitutional discussions. However, what we will not do is mislead Canadians by making it sound as if all we have to do is say we should abolish it and it is gone. In government, there is a responsibility to make sure that the process is gone through.
We have to respect the fact that there are differing provinces possibly with differing opinions, but everything is on the table, from the Liberal Party's perspective. Liberals are not going to be closed-minded on it. Remember that there is only one party, the NDP, that has closed its mind on it. It does not matter what Canadians or other provinces have to say, it just wants to abolish it. If that is what it is going to be, that is what it is going to be at the end of the day, but we have to approach it with an open mind. That is what I would encourage the New Democratic Party to do: join us in supporting the idea of having an open mind in terms of the future of the Senate of Canada.