Mr. Speaker, Greens support the terms of the motion, in terms of sending it to committee. My understanding is that this would happen as soon as there is a vote on it. For this, all that has to happen is to no longer have speakers speaking to it. I think the member for Foothills and I agree about the importance of taxpayer money being used effectively.
I have done a bit of math on how money is being spent with respect to this debate. We have had about 49 Conservative speakers on the motion so far. If we add up their speaking time, it is just over 24 hours, at 1,470 minutes. If we look at what it cost for the House to operate over that time, the cost to taxpayers is just over $1.7 million for the Conservative speakers, not to mention all the other speakers who have also risen on this.
We could just have a vote right now if Conservative members stopped speaking to the motion. If the hon. member shares the concern for taxpayer money, is he not concerned about the dollars being spent to continue this conversation?