Thank you, Chair.
As I was saying, time is allocated for a reason, and if you do not use that time, then I think to seek an extension is both disrespectful of the committee and the processes we have. On the other hand, if the government had used every one of those days since we passed this motion on April 23, then I believe the opposition might have been a little more understanding and been more willing to cooperate to give an extension because then we could see what we were dealing with and where we were going to go with it. But when the time has not been used it makes it very difficult for me to justify why I would support an extension. That is one of the first new points I wanted to make.
Another point I wanted to make is that this extension will leave us sitting in limbo as we have since April 23. When I think about it—April, May, June—that's three months in limbo, and now we're talking about September, October, November, which is more time in limbo. There is no guarantee that the government could get a concurrence motion on the paper during those 30 days and get it moved. Once again, I feel we are gambling here and asking for an extension to create an even greater vacuum, not just for the three months that have gone by, but for the months ahead.