Mr. Chair, just for the record and for my colleague, I would like to point something out. We have to remember that we had a meeting that went from 7:00 p.m. to midnight. All the officials who had expertise on the clauses of the bill attended a briefing. Representatives from all parties were there. The meeting ran for over five hours. So I would like to thank all the officials who were available from 7:00 p.m. to midnight to answer all the questions that parliamentarians wanted to ask. In fact, it wasn't just parliamentarians who were there, but their staff as well.
I know that some members of the New Democratic Party stayed from start to finish. They were able to ask technical questions on all the measures in the bill that we are currently studying.
I understand what my colleague Mr. Caron is saying, but we still need to keep in mind that a briefing on all the technical amendments lasted over five hours. I say “technical” because it focused not only on the substance of the bill, but on all of the amendments, too. You have to put things in perspective. The documents have been made available to members, and the answers have already been provided during a meeting of over five hours to anyone who wanted to be there.