Thank you, Chair.
I was encouraged to put this motion forward because some members have just come from the environment committee this term, and we opted to go for a committee at large to decide on the calendar. It's not, to this point, been a profitable experience. There's been a lot of antagonism. There's been a lot of conflict over things like scheduling and the rest.
If the sense I'm getting from the other committee members is that there's strong will to have much more profitable discussions and get to the meat of this bill more quickly and not squibble and squabble over the details of motions and drag our feet, then I'm willing to have us, as an entire committee, work together for this. I do raise my concern that the rhetoric leading up to this day has been strong from many parties. If people are willing to put that away and see something more encouraging come forward, then of course we'll sit with the committee—and I think we should do it publicly—and get on with it. I don't think Canadians sent us here to spend a lot of time worrying over details.