Madam Speaker, I will start by thanking the hon. member, my colleague for the good wishes of mazel tov. I will certainly convey those to my wife, Amanda.
My question, then, to the member is why vote against the motion that would have called for concrete action? It would have called for a timeline. It did not prescribe a decision for the government to take. It simply called for the government to make it within a period of time that is long overdue by the government's own promise.
To the member, why vote against a common-sense motion to resolve this, to bring certainty to the issue, and to demonstrate to the world that we are prepared to stand up against China?