Thank you very much, Chair.
The substance of the amendment we are debating right now is to ensure that kinship and customary care will be added to this bill.
I find it very frustrating when MP Kusmierczyk makes the accusation that consultations weren't done, that they weren't completed and that the committee didn't hear. I've met with many stakeholders in the drafting of this bill. We also had many witnesses come here to testify. Does the excuse of an abstention due to lack of consultation mean there was no consultation put into Bill C-59? That would be my question.
We're voting in favour of this amendment to ensure that it is put into Bill C-318.