Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
We have already discussed this, and I would say the same thing today that I said then. I said that there was a strong possibility that the House of Commons would no longer be sitting on December 11 and 12. I remember very clearly that you told me that in your 14 years of political life in the House of Commons, you had never seen the House wrap up its work before the date set on the calendar.
Given that the last opposition day was granted to the Liberal Party of Canada on November 27 and given that last week, we voted on the estimates up until 9:00 or 10:00 P.M., I think that it is perfectly likely that the House of Commons will rise before the date set out on the calendar.
The date of December 12, the date Bill C-288 is to be referred back to the House, is therefore unsure, given that the House might have risen by then.
I would ask you to take that into consideration in the discussion of that issue.