Thank you, Mr. Chair.
While I appreciate Mr. Woodworth's comments about the historic nature of this paragraph, when someone's writing is being quoted, I think it is only in the interests of transparency to disclose that the person is a Conservative lobbyist. Those reading it on the record might think this person has a neutral legitimacy to comment on this.
I also would point out to the member that the repetitive comments about only having eight minutes go back to the fact that the Conservative members were running out the clock on this bill. There were seven amendments, amendments to amendments, and amendments to amendments to amendments on clause 11. I counted. I tracked that. We were going nowhere.
It is that member and his colleagues who created the conditions that required us to move on with this bill or we would spend two years on it. Having this committee's work tied up hour after hour with repetitive comments and amendments to amendments to frustrate this NDP bill is not in the interests of the Canadian public.