Mr. Chair, I want to speak specifically to Mr. McKay's point of order, not to the motion, but to the point of order.
I suggest that Mr. McKay is somewhat disingenuous in presenting the motion to go to clause-by-clause when there was less than a half-hour left in this meeting. I remind him that we have gone through three complete timeframes during which the legislation would normally be available for consideration by this committee: first, as a result of the extension; secondly, as a result of the prorogation.... In fact there has been more than ample time for the member to have raised a motion or brought to the steering committee a request that we go to clause-by-clause. That has not happened.
I suggest, with the greatest respect to my friend, that he is significantly disingenuous in bringing forward this motion at this time. He is then speaking on this point of order so that it's a matter of record on the Hansard of this session and he can go to the Speaker and say he tried to get to clause-by-clause.
Well, it's simply not genuine that he tried to get to clause-by-clause when he knew full well there was only one half-hour left in this time.