Mr. Speaker, perhaps my colleague from the NDP will be able to explain something to me.
The Conservatives chose to go through the Senate in order to tackle a really serious problem. We know that tobacco smuggling is a scourge on both the economy and people's health.
Given everything that is going on with Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau, we know that nothing is working within that institution. It is going through one of its worst crises at the moment.
So can someone explain to me why the Conservatives decided to have this bill go through the Senate?