I am surprised we're striking a committee at all. It's unheard of to invoke closure on issues of amendments. The amendments are key. This is whether Canadians are going to have faith in this bill or not. For example, the issue of the digital locks is complex. This issue is going to need a discussion. Either we're going to come here to work to improve this bill or our attendance here is a complete waste of our time. If the government's just going to ram it through, then they might as well just do it in an afternoon and order you to send it back as mentioned, but that is undermining the role of this committee, and it's disrespectful to the perspectives that are brought here.
I've spent eight years working on the copyright file. I take this matter very seriously. I think that telling us to shut up and sit down while you rubber-stamp a bill will poison the atmosphere around this table from the beginning. It sets a very disturbing precedent for how this Parliament and future Parliaments may continue.