Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his interesting speech, which he delivered in both official languages, so I especially appreciated that.
How can we, as MPs who were all elected by secret ballot, oppose voting by secret ballot? That is a mystery to me.
I would remind the House that our legislation requires that secret ballot voting be used in very specific situations, including establishing or dissolving a union. That is part of the democratic process. In fact, nothing is more democratic than voting by secret ballot. It could lend even greater legitimacy to the creation of a union.
I ask, then, how can a member who was elected by secret ballot oppose the principle of secret ballots?