Chair, the effect of this request, as my colleagues know, is that it delays the possibility of.... The response time requirement is 120 days. We're in the middle of February. This means that effectively there could be no decision of the House on this matter, taking into consideration timelines and so forth, probably until into the summer and then into the fall session.
Notionally, the idea of asking the government to provide feedback on this is welcome, but the reference to Standing Order 109 is a sneaky attempt by the government to effectively prevent the House from pronouncing itself on this matter until the fall.
I hope the committee will join me in seeing through the continuing shady efforts of the government to bury this issue by stealth and not support this subamendment.