Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll be brief. I do appreciate the patience of our witnesses today. This is time-sensitive.
I so move:
That the Standing Committee on Finance undertake a study on Bill C-240 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit—first aid) on December 8, 2016;
That Members of the Committee as well as Members who are not a member of a caucus represented on the Committee and independent members should submit their proposed amendments to the Clerk of the Committee no later than Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 3:30;
That the findings of this study be reported to the House.
I'm prepared to make a brief argument for it. We do have some openings over the next few days, both this week and next week. This bill received a tremendous amount of support in the House. I think we should try to cap this off before the end of the year.
Certainly, if members opposite don't believe that this Thursday is the right day but want to propose a day next week, perhaps the following Thursday, I'm more than open for amendments to that fact. I just want to make sure our committee can report back to the House on a timely basis, as I think there is a tremendous amount of support for the bill.