Madam Speaker, for a number of days now, the Conservatives have been blocking the budget that would bring in dental care, only because the NDP forced it. That would benefit about 11,000 people in the member's riding, on average. It would also bring in a grocery rebate that would benefit about 10,000 people in his riding, and affordable housing, which both governments, Conservative and Liberal, have been incredibly negligent on. The NDP brought that in.
More importantly, the member's motion, which is clearly a dilatory motion, is designed to block the request the NDP will be putting forward for an emergency debate tonight on the forest fires that have consumed British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario. They are right across the country. We want an emergency debate. The member knows full well that the emergency debate is coming forward, but he is trying to block the request that would surely be granted.
How could the member do that, given that in his province, and provinces across the country, Canadians are suffering and need this debate?