Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He is right; this is a huge problem.
We heard the witnesses talk about problems, but from the very beginning, the Conservatives were not willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt. They said that they would not change a single thing because they did not have time. There is always a way to speed things up. Where there is a will, there is a way.
I would like to emphasize another aspect of this issue. The Conservatives said that, since the Senate had already studied the bill, senators had already heard from all of the witnesses and studied the proposed changes. That is false.
Many of the witnesses who appeared during the study by elected members of the House of Commons had not testified during the Senate's study.
Furthermore, the Supreme Court's ruling in Spencer had not yet come down when the Senate was studying this bill. That is an important element to consider because it may have a direct impact on the way we treat personal information here in Canada. The Conservatives wanted to ignore all of that.
They said that the Senate studied it, but I am sorry: senators are neither elected nor accountable. I have a problem with that.
It would be better for us, the elected members who represent the ridings, to be able to make changes ourselves.