Once again, Mr. Chair, I find myself in a very unenviable position, I am sure, and a very unique one for the first time in my very long career in dealing with committee work and dealing with processes, whereby when it comes to discussing an extension, the reasons for the extension—the very bill and the processes it's governed by—are being ruled as being not relevant.
I would argue—and I will—that in order to speak for or against an extension, it is logical by any kind of parliamentary rules, or Robert's Rules of Order or any other rules that exist for conducting meetings, you should be able to reference back to the very item you are discussing, the reason for an extension, to support why an extension should or should not be granted.