Mr. Speaker, I have never seen anything like this. Parliament has been dealing solely with the question of privilege for the past month and a half, as my colleague pointed out in his speech.
I was under the impression that the Conservatives wanted to trap the government by making Parliament dysfunctional. However, the fact that this has been dragging on for so long seems to suit the government. This tired government has been around for a very long time and is afraid of confidence votes. There are no such votes these days. We are no longer debating any legislation, but the government seems to have run out of ideas.
How does my colleague see the next few weeks unfolding? Will this situation go on until Christmas? If that is the case, will we be able to vote on the estimates that we are just beginning to examine in committee? Before the House is able to vote on them, there will have to be opposition days. If we do not vote on the estimates, does that mean the government will fall and the election will be called at Christmas?