Madam Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for her speech.
I hold my colleague in high regard, and I am grateful for her work. I have a little less respect for her party.
I would like to quote from an article published in the Journal de Québec on July 24, 2020, that refers to a Bloc Québécois press release. The article states:
...the Bloc Québécois calls on the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada to consider social distancing measures for a general election that could be called before a medical solution to the illness is available, and calls on the Speaker of the House of Commons to arrange for a vote of all 338 elected members of the federal Parliament as soon as Parliament resumes on September 21, or sooner.
Last August, the Bloc Québécois was dangling a non-confidence motion over Parliament's head. The Bloc was calling for preparations to be made for an election. Yes, the responsible thing to do is to be prepared for a possible election, especially in the context of a minority government, since this also affects the opposition members.
What is the responsibility of the opposition members? Why did they vote against a simple amendment that added the role of the opposition parties?