Yes, I agree with you that this is the kind of legislation that needs good study and careful contemplation. That's why it has been two years since the sponsorship scandal was exposed and our country has been engaged in great debates on how to restore accountability. Over the course of those two years, we've had a public commission study it and put forward a report and we've had this legislation introduced. By the end of this week, you'll be happy to know, we will have heard from over 70 witnesses throughout a course of 45 hours of testimony, and that's just by the end of this week alone. So I'm sure you'll join me in celebrating the intense study that this bill has already enjoyed.
There is so much time we've allotted to this bill that in fact every single speaking opportunity they're given, some opposition members spend half of it--they have such an abundance of time--complaining about how much time they don't have. So I find it a curious contradiction that if they have so much time--