Mr. Chair, it is needless to say that I will be voting against that because I think my motion is reasonable. The Conservatives might move all the motions they want and for as long as they want, but that will not change my mind. Bill C-32 was introduced at first reading in the House on June 2. It took them five months to introduce the bill at second reading. Out of those five months, there were three months when Parliament was sitting and when they could have introduced it. They could have come back to the House with Bill C-32 at any time. Everyone was expecting it. And yet, we did not see anything resembling Bill C-32 until November 2, about two weeks ago.
And now they are off and running like crazy. They want to stuff C-32 down our throats and do not want to hear from witnesses, probably because they do not want to hear a number of truths. They are disregarding the rules of the game. We absolutely must take the time to do serious work and listen to what witnesses have to say. We need time between meetings to read the serious briefs that witnesses will have prepared. Some will place all their hopes in those briefs; others will infuse theirs with their articulated analyses. As parliamentarians, we must listen to them and respect what they have to say by taking the time to read what they will have written before presenting their summaries to us.
They can move amendments until the cows come home—it appears that is their right—but people on Twitter are listening and are realizing that the Conservatives only want to buy time. That is dumb because they are wasting both their time and our own today by moving amendment upon amendment, when all they want is to buy time. That does not make sense, but I for one am fed up and hope that this will be the last amendment we will have to defeat.
Thank you.