Mr. Speaker, I would tend to disagree with the member on her last statement.
At the end of the day, this is legislation that has been needed and has had the support of all members of the House of Commons. Any competent government House leader should have been able to negotiate with opposition leaders in good faith to actually have this legislation passed earlier.
It is the attitude of the government, that majority Conservative/Reform party mentality, that it feels it always has to allocate time. It has to bring in time closure.
In regard to tax increases, there have been tax increases by the government, net tax increases, for the last four or five years.
Having said that, my question is related to the process. I think the question that was just posed to the member deserves a better answer in regard to what the minister foresees in terms of ensuring that in fact future changes are done in a more timely fashion.
If we take a look at the book, where she has the asterisk—