Thank you, Scott.
Chair, I know that we've tried to deal with a couple of things happening here at committee over the last little while and I do really appreciate Dan coming forward today and presenting.
We have concerns with a couple of things before we go to clause-by-clause on this bill. One, I do believe that we need to potentially bring some witnesses here to committee to speak to some of the things that we brought up today both from a support perspective and there are those who have indicated that they would like to come to committee to speak against the bill.
I also understand that veterans affairs, while the bill is here at heritage, does have an interest in looking at clause 1 of the bill on their own.
So my recommendation, or at least my motion to begin with here, is:
That the Committee request an extension of thirty sitting days to consider Bill C- 597, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day), beyond the sixty days from the date of the Bill's referral to the Committee, as provided in Standing Order 97.1(1). ), to allow for an examination of the bill by the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (ACVA).