Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I wonder how members of this committee are going to justify this to their constituents, especially members who really care about the environment. I wonder how they are going to justify to their constituents that they supported a motion that would give the three of them together, in the case of the official opposition, only as much as one NDP member; or in the case of government, one-sixth as much time. To me, this is really repulsive and certainly not democratic. I will support the amendment, but I can't support the motion as amended, because it still limits debate in a way that I see as being unfair.
I assume that this has been debated for three months or more at committee. I understand why people would be getting tired of it. I'm not a member of the committee, but it must have been debated before for this kind of tactic to be used. It must have been going on for some time. I understand the impatience on the part of those who support the bill, but this is supposed to be a democratic place. Let's allow the debate take place and not fetter it with some kind of time allocation that simply isn't fair.