I appreciate your adaptation and modification of committee business with the virtual handshake. It's very interesting.
The main issue that's brought forward in this motion today--and committee members can read it, but I will read it for the record--is that all instructions for amendments be submitted to the legislative counsel for drafting by 9 a.m. on March 8, 2007; that amendments be given to the clerk of the committee no later than 9 a.m. on March 9, 2007; that the clause-by-clause study begin at 9 a.m. on March 12, 2007; that at 5 p.m. on March 22, 2007, all remaining questions on the bill be put without further debate; that the report on the bill be presented to the House on March 26, 2007.
The intention for this motion, and the reason behind it, is that witness after witness, and again today, have urged us to act with urgency. Time and time again I've put motions forward to this committee to offer paths forward for urgency. I will continue to modify them, but as we've now had a budget date presented and we have the prospect of—who knows when—an election on the horizon, establishing what it is that all the parties around the table want to get done when it comes to climate change is of great imperative prior to any confidence motions and any budget votes. This is a motion that allows us to present our best ideas on the table and have a vigorous and decent debate. We're prepared to do as many meetings as possible for a good debate, then vote on them, and present it back to the House in due course.
That 's the motion. I present it to the committee, and move it.