Briefly, in response to Ms. Sidhu's comments, the original motion by the Liberals was to have five days of hearings only. After deliberation, this committee changed that motion to say that there would be an initial five days of testimony plus the possibility of additional days, if necessary. The Liberals agreed to that. Now, after five days of hearings, the Liberals are saying that there is no more possibility of further days of hearings. If anything, it's the Liberals who are backtracking on the commitment made in June.
Also, I'd like to say that hearing from Canadians on the task force is not the same as hearing Canadians comment on the drafted legislation, particularly when the legislation deviates from the task force recommendations. My one example is edibles. The task force said that, for various reasons after listening to 30,000 Canadians and studying the experience for the jurisdictions, they came to the considered and evidence-based position that this government should legalize edibles. That's what Canadians told them, and then the government tabled legislation that ignores that. I want to hear what Canadians have to say about that.
Finally, again, I don't need 50- and 60-year-olds telling me how to talk to 16- to 18-year-olds. I want to hear from the 16- to 18-year-olds what they think about cannabis. To shut out and not hear those voices puts us at risk of doing a great disservice to all the concerns people have stated about the health of young Canadians.
I'll just stop there. I'm happy to proceed to a vote, if my colleagues want that.