Is it not true? Senator Michael MacDonald was not there. Senator Boisvenu was not there. Senator Manning was not in the Senate. I could go on. I have them all listed on my phone.
Madam Speaker, I hear my Conservative colleague saying that is not true. Well, it is true. The leader of the official opposition is the only party leader in the House of Commons who is still a leader for certain senators in the Senate, and if he cannot get his members to show up to get their legislation through, maybe they have to be looking in the mirror a little.
I will remind members that I do support this legislation. When it comes back in the House, I will be supporting it unamended. However, some blame needs to be put on the Conservative Party members themselves about their procedural tactics, including in the Senate, where Senator Don Plett had to apologize for his tactics.
The member for Regina—Qu'Appelle was quite distasteful about how he went about putting a wanted poster with a senator's picture up on social media. That is a style of politics that does not belong in Canada. We have a tradition of having a better decorum and respect. At the end of the day, that has to be called out in the same way as the issue that is before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs right now. We should maybe move a motion to bring the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle, for his actions, before PROC, because they are equally as concerning to the House.
I see my time is coming to an end, and I wish I had more of it, but I know my Conservative colleagues and all members of the House will give me an opportunity to continue to build on my thoughts.