I heard comments made at that meeting that it would be nice to be able to consider this further and not feel we were under this time constraint of October 19, and I agreed with that. This seemed like a reasonable approach to take.
Mr. Blais, for example, was concerned that we could get a commitment from the government that we would not go ahead and ratify while this committee was still continuing to do its work, and as you heard in question period, the minister made that commitment, as she has made here today. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has made a similar commitment to us.
My expectation is that it will take fewer than the 21 sitting days, which takes us to about November 13, if I am right, but it seems there would be some additional study we could do to either get more comfort in the direction the government is proposing or to make a different recommendation to them.
That is my amendment, Mr. Chair.