Thank you, Chair.
I'm a little surprised, but pleasantly. It's really important that we get this work done, as my friend said, but that we do it right. Today, actually—I was just looking it up—is the fifth anniversary of the signing of the treaty. It's an historic day.
I think if we can do a set-aside on clause 11...and I'm stating this publicly because on this side we have tried to reach out to try to amend this. We had the minister saying that he was willing to listen and to look at amendments. I'm hoping that this is a genuine opening to really look at this bill in the right frame, that is, we're trying to work together to get this done.
In light of the fact that we've heard from witnesses that clause 11—and I don't blame anyone here—undermines the treaty itself, if the government is willing to actually reach across the aisle, as they say, look at solutions to fix the bill, and fix the bill so that we can all agree on it, I'm happy with that.
But I want to state this publicly: if this is just about the government bringing in people to shore up their point of view or about their talking points on the legislation as it exists with regard to clause 11, then I think that's a grave mistake for the government. I think we really need to look at honouring those victims we've heard about, those people who have been affected, those people who the minister saw and was emotionally moved by, and make sure that we honour the signature that is on that treaty we signed five years ago.
If the parliamentary secretary is putting forward a motion to go through the treaty, set aside clause 11, and come back to it, I'm happy to support that.