I'm actually disappointed to hear Madame Lavallée talk about the urgency with which the bill was brought to the floor, because she knows very well the bill was delayed for two weeks coming to the floor for an accommodation to Madame Lavallée. I was fine with that and I thought that was the right thing to do, but it certainly didn't speak to the urgency of the bill.
We had an agreement among all the parties that the bill would move to a legislative committee. We assumed that when we had that agreement it would allow for intensive committee hearings so that we could deal with this bill in a manner that reflects the urgency that people feel across this country, and that our international partners feel, in regard to the fact that we need to deal with this bill.
I cannot believe that opposition members feel that it is suitable that we meet four hours a week on this legislation—four hours a week. Why would we strike a special legislative committee to meet four hours a week? Why wouldn't we just send it to a regular committee where it could be kicked around?