Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I mean no disrespect to the parliamentary secretary. We have a fixed timeline, I believe, of returning this bill. I can see by the government's actions now that they are choosing to filibuster this process and delay. Specifically, the point of order I raise is that the parliamentary secretary has chosen to go back and rehash debates that this committee has already had, and talk about votes that have already been passed and accepted into this bill. The preamble's purpose is to reflect what's gone on in the bill. The parliamentary secretary would like to debate the veracity of our climate change agreements internationally, the various aspects of this legislation that we've already passed as a committee, some of which was with the government's support as well.
I respectfully submit that we are on the point of a preamble that is to reflect the aspects of the bill, not to continue a debate that has already been finished and voted on. It is not in order to go back and rehash old debates. If the government is choosing to filibuster its own bill, delay it, I would suggest to them that this bill by its own timeline is to be delivered back to the House of Commons today, or tomorrow morning, to finish our committee work. We either finish this committee work now as we go through and you just accept defeat on the things you've lost, and accept the fact that there are things in this bill that you voted for.... That's how this Parliament works when it's in a minority situation. And we should get on with it, finish the preamble, name the bill, and with confidence and pride return it back to the House as a working document from this committee, which has worked hard. The returning back over old debates is unproductive, unnecessary, and in everyone's estimation represents the process of filibustering. It's beyond me why the government would choose to do so.