The purpose of this motion is to accomplish a number of objectives to which all committee members have attested their support. All committee members have said they want to have vigorous scrutiny of this proposed legislation. All committee members have said that when it's finalized, they want the bill to be passed promptly into law so that it can begin to take effect as soon as possible. All committee members have said they would prefer to have the work done, if possible, before summer so they can be back in their constituencies when the House recesses.
This motion seeks to accomplish all those goals. I take committee members at their word when they say they are interested in prompt passage of the Accountability Act. They've all voted in favour of the Accountability Act as it is. They've all said that they want to work in good faith to pass it into law. If those are truly their intentions, I see no reason why they would not want to devote the maximum amount of time to achieving that end.
At the same time, numerous committee members have said they have found it difficult to hear from all the witnesses they would like to hear from. That's been a consistent complaint by one or two members of the opposition. If that complaint is sincere, then surely they'll want to vote in favour of a motion that allows them more time to hear from witnesses.
In conclusion, I suspect this motion will not be at all controversial, because it does seek to achieve the things that all the members of the committee claim they want to achieve. I look forward to a vote in its favour.
Thank you.