Mr. Chair, just to cut to the chase, it is a good study for us at the wrong time. To talk about unrestricted movement of goods and people at a time when we are hitting the third wave of the pandemic doesn't make a lot of sense.
What I would propose is that we undertake the study in September 2021—I offer that first amendment as a friendly amendment—and that we report on the study with recommendations to the House by fall 2021.
If those are acceptable as friendly amendments.... I see they are not. I will move both of them as amendments, then, and I will speak to the amendments.
The idea is that we are at a time of restrictions with the third wave coming. I don't feel this is something we need to undertake urgently. The government is committed to having everybody vaccinated by September, which would mean, hopefully at that point, if the government keeps its commitment, that we should be fully open in the fall of 2021. That is a good time to talk about this issue for building back better.
That's why I'm proposing these two amendments, so that we do it at the right time, if the government meets its commitment.
There are rumours that the government wants to call an election. If the government doesn't call an election, if the Prime Minister doesn't go to the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the acting governor general, to drop the writ, this would be a very good piece of work for the committee to do in the fall.