Well, Mr. Chair, I won't be able to say what I really wanted to say, which is that we should call the vote, since nobody else had their hand up, but....
I have observed the workings of this committee, as has everyone else around this table, and as has the public, because these proceedings are occurring in public. We have a lot on our plate. We have a lot of things that various members of the committee are recommending should come before this committee that we don't have a hope now of getting into probably even in 2011. I find that really regrettable.
I have put forward what I thought was a constructive proposal. I'm not averse to other people's proposals, but I am the one who put forward a proposal that seemed amenable to a number of people at the time. I think that if all members of this committee were really sincere that they wanted to move on and expedite the review, they would move on and simply call the vote on the amendment.
I am willing to give up time allotted to me to discuss my own bill in order to move on to other matters. It's very clear that the Conservative members are not going to vote for this bill in the House—it's pretty clear where they stand on this bill—so the objective of dragging out the discussion is simply dragging out the discussion.
I am bending over backwards to try to expedite what I think could be a constructive review of the bill. A number of members have tabled amendments that I think are very constructive, and I look forward to moving on and discussing those.
I'm putting that forward, and if one of the other members who put their hand up wishes to follow on my suggestion, or withdraw their question, I would welcome to that.