Mr. Chair, I will make a political statement here, and then we can let this go to a vote, unless other members decide that they want to raise their own concerns.
First of all, it's very clear that the Liberals and NDP came to an agreement quite early. I'm not subject to those things. I'm not going to ask Mr. Bachrach for those things, because ultimately, he's here to present his amendment in the greatest light, and I understand that. I've tried that many times today with my own amendments.
Obviously, the impression I get is that many stakeholders, many witnesses, many people who wrote to our committee, were asking for a milestone. There was a lot of political pressure on the government and the NDP or the Bloc, and I'm sure the Greens as well. We heard from people that wanted a milestone of 2025, and instead, they're getting this. It does not sound to me that these are the same obligations that would be included there.
By adding those extra reports, people may get something that's much different, though political parties like the NDP and the Liberals will say this is a great victory. This whole process seems to have been a bit of a steamrolled compressed one. I'll leave it to the NDP to explain to its voters and to the environmental community exactly why it decided to trade off and support the Liberals instead of supporting a greater action.
That being said, the Conservatives will be voting against this. I sincerely wish that we had a bit of a different process here, because I know there are a number of other people who would want to have their views brought up. Again, 72 different people sent in their briefs, and we received them well after the period for amendments.
Mr. Chair, I will leave it at that. I certainly appreciate that there's been a lot of hard work tonight.