Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First, for my part I do want to see the bill passed, with the right amendments, if it is changed as it ought to be. However, the Conservatives appear to have orders to turn this into a farce. I recognize that they have a majority, but what they're proposing here is very undemocratic. The fact that they have already decided at the first meeting of the committee how long this should take and have already decided to impose closure at the committee's very first meeting is outrageous.
The fact that they have a majority should be all the more reason for them to realize that they don't have to act like thugs, which is what effectively they're doing.