I have been amazed, since I got here, that every time we have talked about a bill to make things more efficient and to work better, the opposition can pooh-pooh it every single time. I come from a municipal environment where we always wanted to take that opportunity to make things more efficient because it was better for people, it was better for projects. Yet that just seems impossible for the opposition to appreciate. Dare I say, if the gift horse clip-clopped by, they would look it squarely in the mouth and the gift horse would move on.

If getting more efficient isn’t a goal, I would simply ask you, why not move the waiting period to 60, 90, 120 days? Why don’t we just slow this right down so much that we don’t get anything done?

My thanks to the member for Davenport for participating this afternoon. I have to say, it was very interesting to hear the member opposite speak with such concern about a piece of legislation that is going to ensure that we have more efficient government. But I think the take-away I had from it—and it’s a bit of a surprising one, given the feedback that I’ve heard from the member opposite over the last few years—is that he seems to think that the PC government, under the leadership of Premier Doug Ford, is already so efficient that this bill unnecessary. He seems to think that we don’t need to have a bill that’s reducing inefficiencies here in the government of Ontario. I can’t speak for all my colleagues, but I can testify that the attitude the Premier brings forward is that better is always possible.

My question to the member opposite is, if he believes that we are such an efficient government already, does he also not believe that better is always possible and that we need to make sure we’re passing legislation such as this to address any inefficiencies that might still exist?