To finish my point, Chair, as the record will show, I made an offer to the parliamentary secretary to substantially contribute to this bill, and he chose not to take that offer.
The government has been working with this consultative process going back to the beginning of 1992, in great substance since 2000, and then beyond. It's not as if the conversation got started from ground zero. This has been going on for many years, and we've heard that from witnesses. We've heard the round tables and various iterations of this government, previous governments, on and on. Any suggestion of delay, more time, and more consultation is the problem in Canada. I don't think that would meet the smell test for most Canadians.
The Alberta government proposed regulations in March to bring in in July. We're suggesting December, if regulations pass under this bill. If the parliamentary secretary has a better idea, he can move an amendment. He has chosen not to do that.
I think we need to move on. Unless the government is willing to step up to the plate with serious and credible regulations, having spent more than two years in office without a single one coming forward, the credibility gap is simply too wide.