Mr. Speaker, I have only been in the House for three years, so I have not had the opportunity to hear the member for Timmins—James Bay go on about this issue in the way that he has, and to clearly articulate what the problems are with the Senate. In this forum, we are talking about holding some accountability on $92 million and the fact that not only will the government not respond, but the Liberal Party will not respond as to why Canadians deserve to have some answers and understand why we do not have a better sense of control over that $92 million.
Could the member explain to us why these two parties continue to fight to protect the Senate and that $92 million of taxpayers' money that gets flushed down the toilet every single year?