Mr. Speaker, the member opposite has failed to convince anyone outside of the two or three feet around him of the merits of his argument. The NDP has cited all kinds of procedural reasons for not passing disciplining legislation, why it needs more debate, why it is inadequate. The New Democrats do not like the fact that there is a second chamber to Parliament, even though it has been there since the inception of Confederation, even though it is part of our Constitution today that we have to make democracy work in our country.
However, let us get down to basics. Why does the New Democratic Party, the official opposition of our country, refuse to expeditiously pass legislation that represents an important step forward for arms control in the world, that is part of a great Canadian tradition on the disarmament and arms control front and that is long overdue, because Parliament was in a minority for too long?