Mr. Speaker, although the hon. member for Newmarket—Aurora is not in the position of being a parliamentary secretary or a minister, as a member of the majority Liberal government my question to him is this. Does he have any sense of whether the committee will be open to amendments and whether the governing party will allow amendments?
I have had the very depressing experience today of watching Liberal members being forced to vote for a motion that I pleaded them not to vote for. It is the first time I have had a very strong sense that perhaps the respect for individual members of Parliament and the ability to bring amendments at committee, reflecting the will of the committee, may be more circumscribed than I would have hoped.