The member for Mississauga West who also participated i
n our deliberations wondered why the next Parliament should be asked to investigate the problem: ``Is there any good reason why we cannot do it?'' The answer to that is a very loud and resounding no, there is no good reason the bill could not have contained provisions to cap or reduce the size of the House of Commons, other than a lack of political will on the part of the government to deal with a controversial issue that would be acceding to the wishes of Canadians (1645 ) Her comments that day were reinforced by
her colleague from Vancouver ...[+++] Quadra when he agreed with her that the work on the problem of size should start now.
La députée de Mississauga-Ouest, qui participait aussi à nos délibérations, a demandé pourquoi le prochain Parlement devrait examiner le problème et s'il y avait une bonne raison pour que nous ne le fassions pas nous-mêmes.