Thank you, Chair. It's nice to be here again this morning.
On the matter of asking the House to extend our ability to work on this bill for 30 more days in the committee, I believe that is actually quite extreme. As my colleague Ms. Groguhé earlier asked, and as was pointed out to us, if things go well, that brings us to November 1. That's quite a long time to talk about a private member's bill. That is something that is not expected of private members' business.
I put forward a motion in my private member's business capacity and I was not expecting that this extent of time would be spent on something I was doing. Normally we only get the two hours of debate and then it goes to committee and then comes back for two more hours of debate.
This is actually quite extensive, and it goes back, I think obviously—and I won't spend any time on this, but will just mention it—to the problem, which is that we're expanding what this bill is doing. This is why it is beyond what a private member's bill would normally be doing, and this is what is clear in this 30-day extension.
As my colleague Ms. Groguhé earlier found out for us, this brings us to November 1 at the best, if we follow our regular business. I assume therefore, Chair....
Actually, let me get clarification on that. Is this the case, if we pass it on June 21, or is it 30 days on top of the 21st or before that?