I have a motion on the floor. I guess we'll have to debate this motion.
I was going to take the time as I called the meeting to order to describe what we, as a committee, need to do with the bill. It's Standing Order 97.1(1) and that we are studying the bill.
Standing Order 97.1(1) reads:
A standing, special or legislative committee to which a Private Member's public bill has been referred shall in every case, within sixty sitting days from the date of the bill's reference to the committee, either report the bill to the House with or without amendment or present to the House a report containing a recommendation not to proceed further with the bill and giving the reasons therefor or requesting a single extension of thirty sitting days to consider the bill
--which we've already done....
and giving the reasons therefor. If no bill or report is presented by the end of the sixty sitting days where no extension has been approved by the House
--which is on December 10--
the bill shall be deemed to have been reported without amendment.
This is the instruction we have from Standing Order 97.1(1).
So with that, I will allow debate on Madam Duncan's motion.