Thank you, Madam Speaker. I will be as brief as Mr. Patterson, Madam Speaker, in addressing this issue of the principle of this bill. What has bothered me already today, Madam Speaker, is that it is the first day of a new session and it is also the last day of a long work-load that has gone on since January. It bothered me a little bit while I listened to how quickly we agreed to the principle of bills we've never even seen before today.

This one is different because we're familiar with it, but already we've agreed to the second reading of bills we're not even familiar with. I suspect it is because we are tired and, on a day like today, we're probably not giving 100 per cent to everything we're doing. I know the government is going to get its way...