| In 1991, he prorogued parliament in order to block an impeachment motion against him. |
| Hon. members know, as I do, that the session was then prorogued and we were unable to continue the debate. |
| However, when Parliament prorogued in November 2003, the bill died on the order paper. |
| When it saw that there were problems coming down the pike, that the jobs of Canadians were going to be put at risk, it prorogued Parliament. |
| Perhaps if we had not prorogued and our report had been adopted sooner, the government could have paid attention to it. |
| Something should have been done before, but the House was prorogued and nothing happened then. |
