Mr. Chair, I want to thank Don for bringing this forward. Well said, Don. Thank you for that.
He reiterated that in June, we did vote against this. The Liberals wanted to kind of pigeonhole us into five different days with different topics, and we did want to hear from different groups. Don has brought forward the names of some of those groups. At the end of the day, Canadians expect us to be looking after their health and safety. That's what this committee is all about.
If you listen repeatedly to the Liberal talking points, they're consistently that they want to keep this out of the hands of kids and they want to keep the proceeds away from organized crime. We've heard from witnesses throughout, even from Liberal members, that it's obvious there are huge gaps in this bill. If we don't get it right, we've heard it over and over again that this could actually make things worse for everybody in Canada.
I know we're going to hear the government come out and say it has heard so many witnesses—the number of witnesses and that—and it's going to compare it to other studies it did. I'm not interested in that. Sometimes these other studies were shut down as well. We were promised that the Liberals were open to more witnesses.
What this has done for me is it has really given me perspective on how complicated this issue is, and how different levels of government need to get their boots on the ground. They have to get these all prepared. As my Liberal colleagues have noticed, there are huge gaps in this bill. We need a bit more perspective, and we need to make sure we get it right. That's the least we can do for Canadians.
Don, we'll be supporting your motion.