The difficulty we are encountering here, in my opinion, Mr. Chair, is that these discussions are supposed to occur--ideally, at least--at committee so that all members can hear and participate. Now we are straitjacketed as a result of arbitrary timelines. But it seems to me to lack transparency for certain members to go ahead and discuss an amendment when they're not at the table.
On December 13th, 2010. See this statement in context.