Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I certainly appreciate the advice of my colleague from the Bloc Québécois. Mr. Ste-Marie is 100% correct. From this point on, we will always try to distribute things in both French and English ahead of time to make sure that the interpreters, who do an able job, have them. We appreciate his raising that.
I would simply say that most of these timelines, from my understanding, are discussions that have happened with the Liberals in terms of their desire to have a timely study. Certainly, the Conservatives believe this can be accomplished if this committee is given the proper scrutiny of ministers.
I would note for my colleague Mr. Ste-Marie that it reads, “g. Notwithstanding the above deadlines and requirements, allow for flexibility respecting the committee’s agenda should the occasion arise to justify it”. This allows you, Mr. Chair, if a cog has been thrown into the committee machinery, to ably respond to it as well.
I always appreciate this member's interventions. Mr. Ste-Marie, thank you for suggesting the week, but I believe the current timeline is justified in its current state and there's sufficient flexibility bestowed to the chair that we would not be interested in supporting this at this time. It's my hope that the government will see these three ministers and the reasonable ask to have each of the ministers who will eventually, if this bill passes in both the House and the Senate, have direct responsibility for administering these changes. The Conservatives believe this committee would be served best by having the Minister of the Environment, the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Jobs and Families, who will have ultimate carriage of the amendments proposed in Bill C-39.
Mr. Chair, when it comes to environmental processes, transportation projects and changes to the Canada Labour Code...that's why the Conservatives want to have them as soon as possible. It's my hope that the government will see the wisdom in that and agree to support the main motion.
I'll leave it to my friends on the other side to decide whether they want to support Mr. Ste-Marie's motion, but I don't believe the Conservatives will.