It could be a cabinet shuffle, as well. It seems pretty evident there's going to be a cabinet shuffle.
On the issue of going forward and the time left for the Senate to deal with the amendments of this bill, it's highly unlikely this is going to make it through in time. Who knows what the fall will bring? It could be a Speech from the Throne and whatever electoral fortunes we may face.
As a result of all of this, the bill could have been through the system with a quick resolution and passage through the House, as we've done.... I sit on the industry committee as well. We passed three private member's bills through our committee in the space of one month, because we all worked together and the government didn't make major changes. They made minor legal changes to make sure those bills complied with CUSMA.
In this case, the substantive changes—changing the nature of the bill—are causing this to end up in a legislative loop, which means the lost citizens may, yet again, get let down by this Parliament not addressing their needs. This process takes years.
I would ask the government whether they could clearly rethink their approach, go back to the drawing table, agree with us that the bill should not be reported back and come back with a proper piece of legislation that does the things they want. They can leave this bill alone or make the choice, at further stages in the House, to correct the mistakes they've made by expanding this bill.
Again, we haven't thought through.... I don't think the government has thought through all the changes these amendments will make. I would ask the chair not to report this back to the House, so the government can do its homework in the proper way by introducing a proper bill and fixing the things the government wants to fix in the Citizenship Act.
Thank you.