Thank you to the member from Oshawa. During her debate and during responses, Speaker, she talked about how little time we’ve had to look at this bill. It has been a trend for the government where they table bills in the afternoon and then we begin debating the very next day on them. Tonight we’ll be sitting late, possibly to midnight, talking about this bill.

It’s ironic, because yesterday, I was sitting here and we were debating Bill 69 and talking about consultation. Time and time again, the Conservative Party kept telling me how great consultation was, how effective consultation was, but we can’t do it even in this House, let alone outside of the House. So could the member just expand on how more effective we could be, as all parties, if we were able to reach out to speak to our constituents and our stakeholders about bills like this instead of having them carpet-bombed on us with no warning.

Thank you to the member opposite. I enjoyed her speech and the many examples she had of speaking with the police officers of her riding.

A question I asked earlier today is about how quickly this bill was tabled and brought to debate, and about the opportunity they robbed the NDP of to have those conversations with police officers in our ridings.

All 124 of us represent ridings that are very, very unique. We could really be having a “yes, and” conversation about what happened. I went on a ride-along during the last constituency week with the officers from the Greater Sudbury Police Service. They were talking about the low enrolment and the low interest for police officers—and tuition wasn’t one of the topics that came up. I’m not saying that tuition isn’t a good idea, but what I’m saying is—there was that opportunity where I could share the information that I had received from them or I could ask them, “What do you think about these ideas? Would this help as well?” We are removing that opportunity for members of this House when we push through bills this quickly.

I just wonder if the member opposite has considered what happens when you table bills and debate them this quickly without the opportunity for other members to have time to consult with their ridings as well.