Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to respond to the question. I, too, am someone who has worked shift work for many years.
I think we all recognize that there are some pieces of legislation that are very fascinating. This is fascinating, also, in terms of the importance of what we are actually dealing with.
I guess I have to speak to the idea of our moving forward with it. I believe it was at second reading where there was delay after delay. We finally felt it necessary to create some sort of framework around the conversation. Obviously people were asking for this legislation. We wanted to get it to committee.
I do not think our government has any lessons to learn from the NDP members in terms of trying to move legislation forward in a timely way. They seem to obstruct the progress on a fairly regular basis.