Mr. Speaker, facts are facts.
A year ago, when the Supreme Court directed Parliament to legislate, we did not really have a choice. The Supreme Court knew it was an election year. Parliament therefore had just three months before the fall election was called.
During that time, the government, under the leadership of the right hon. member for Calgary Heritage, struck a committee of three independent Canadian experts to study the situation. It is a lie to say that the former government did nothing. The committee produced a lengthy report with several recommendations. It was a great help to the parliamentary committee that produced the main report and the dissenting report. Those are the facts.
We talked about this for six years in Quebec. Here in the House of Commons, we have limited time. Nevertheless, is the member listening to his constituents, and are his constituents talking to him about this very sensitive subject?