Mr. Chairman, the comments made by the Parliamentary Secretary go well beyond the purpose of the motion I have tabled.
You are free to give him some time to provide a rationale for his decision on the motion, but I would ask that you invite him to address the specific purpose of the motion, which is whether or not we should extend the period for consideration of this bill. We are not asking to extend the study of that matter. We simply want to ensure that the decisions we made collectively and on which we agreed will elicit a response. Unfortunately, some information was not available to us when we decided to plan our future work. On Monday, I believe the issue brought forward by Mr. Scarpaleggia and the Liberal Party will be on the agenda for consideration. That motion is intended to adjust our work schedule based on information that was unavailable to us last week.