Talking on the amendments, my personal preference would have been that we heard from the minister and from the Public Health Agency of Canada officials before really going into a deep dive into this motion and before making a final decision.
In terms of the amendments here, I see them as just adding more clarity. This is just a cleanup of the language, but the substance of what Mr. Villemure is asking is maintained.
I understand and respect how important that translation is in terms of how we understand and how we move forward as a committee. I would perhaps ask the committee, and I would love to hear the committee's viewpoints, especially Monsieur Villemure's, as to whether he feels we should delay this until we hear from the health minister and the officials, to see exactly how they can help us in what we are trying to achieve. I absolutely believe that Monsieur Villemure's intentions are very noble and that he is trying to do the right thing.
I feel that perhaps if we were guided by learning from the experts, the health officials and the minister, we could do better justice to what Monsieur Villemure is trying to achieve through this motion.
I put that out there, but I will just reiterate that in my opinion the amendments themselves just provide more clarity to the language of the main motion.