I just want to go with what my colleague, Madam Harder, said. I believe that there's support for an initiative in this regard. We heard around the table that this approach could save lives. I was asking very specifically if there was any evidence out there. None of them could say. Dr. Eyolfson said that just because there's no evidence to say that it's not working does that mean that it won't be working.
We're talking about evidence-based decisions, and your government has been very strong on evidence-based decisions. As Madam Harder rightly said, the people on the ground weren't even consulted on this bill. The mover of the bill said, you know, they were looking for something; he wanted to get something put in, and he did. He worked with a couple of stakeholders. The people from Justice said that there were significant issues with the bill. If it were a government bill, they would have drafted it differently.
You guys are in government now. We're in opposition. Our role is to oppose. If we're going to be putting this bill forward, because the House wants something along these lines, because there is a crisis and there's a problem in certain parts of the country, at least let us do our due diligence. There doesn't appear to be evidence, or at least what I would call evidence, in front of this committee that would guide us to say that, yes, this really is a good idea. We're kind of taking a bit of a chance here.