Yes. I'll speak to it briefly, because I think we want to proceed to a vote. We have witnesses here, and I am eager to ask them questions. We've had lots of filibusters, which is really unfortunate, because that has often meant that witnesses have been delayed and we haven't been able to get answers to important questions. That being said, I think the more rapidly we proceed to clause-by-clause, which I imagine will take a lot of time.... We're offering a number of amendments; I know the other parties are as well. We submitted our amendments, Mr. Chair, last week. I think the Bloc Québécois and the Liberal Party also did. The Conservatives seemed reluctant to provide amendments, but as you know, Mr. Chair, amendments can be presented during clause-by-clause study, so they are certainly entitled to do that.
The point is this: We've been hearing from witnesses despite the filibusters. We've had a vast majority of witnesses saying that they support the legislation, but improvements need to be made, and it really is our responsibility as a committee to make those improvements, to put forward those amendments that we now have the opportunity to go through. The sooner we tackle the clause-by-clause and the improvements, the sooner we can get to the study that Ms. Thomas suggests, which, I don't deny, is important as well.
I guess what I'm suggesting, Mr. Chair, is if there is a real, genuine interest in proceeding to the other study the best way to do that is to proceed to clause-by-clause, complete the mandated responsibility that we were given by the House of Commons to examine this legislation, provide improvements, and then return it to the House of Commons. The sooner we do that, the sooner we can start the study that Ms. Thomas has mentioned.