Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I think I'd like to take this opportunity, first of all, to thank Daniel for his attempts, since the last time we met and over the weekend, to find consensus on this important mechanism so that individual members of Parliament can talk about the amendments.
I, too, find it unfortunate that we're in the current position. I want to make sure that there is some time for the Conservatives to say something before the 4:30 deadline. I think that's the least that we can do given that we only have five minutes left, so I'll keep this relatively short.
I did want to say that I've been in this role for about a year and a half, give or take, worked with three or four finance critics and a large number of Conservatives on the finance committee, and I think I've been a reliable and predictable, if not friendly, partner in working through these differences of opinion.
I understand that, in some cases, external factors such as leaders' offices or other factors can weigh into how we actually get things done here. I think we all see where this is going, and it's unfortunate that it's going there, but I do want to say to my partners that this will be over in a relatively short period and we still have some good work that we can do. I hope that all members around this table will come together after our voting today and try to return to this table in good faith so that we can schedule some good work, both for the rest of the year and proceeding into next fall. Perhaps we can all work together to avoid this particular situation.
I will once again ask if there's unanimous consent to pass Daniel's motion, and if there's not, I will yield the floor.