Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague from Edmonton West's enthusiasm to pass the legislation. We certainly share his sense of urgency. It has been before the House three times. This feels like the right time. I am confident that the third time will be the lucky one.
It is too bad that we got to this point; as colleagues know, and my colleagues on the security committee know better than I do, the Conservatives have deployed a series of dilatory tactics to ensure that the legislation did not come out of committee. The Conservatives are even proposing frivolous amendments to delete the short title. Therefore, sadly, my colleague's enthusiasm to pass the bill seems a bit disconnected from some of his colleagues' actions to ensure that we had to bring in time allocation.
No government ever wants to have to bring in time allocation; I think all colleagues know that. Certainly, the Conservatives would not ever support time allocation. When they were in government, it was not a robotic, knee-jerk instinct that their government had; of course it was not.
Therefore, we are looking forward to hearing from colleagues. We think this is important legislation, and it is time for Parliament to proceed to vote on it.