Mr. Chair, I'll be speaking against this motion.
I want to remind this committee, and my colleague Mr. Davies, who is in favour of this motion, that we set up five days of uninterrupted study, which we are doing, and our government ran a campaign on this issue in 2015. In 2015, the cannabis task force worked for six months, consulted over 30,000 Canadians, and travelled across the country and to other jurisdictions. The committee heard over 100 witnesses this week, including over 40 hours of testimony from government, law enforcement, the medical community, researchers, and scientists. The committee also received hundreds of written submissions. Over the summer, all three parties worked to build their witness list in preparation for this study. In addition, provinces and territories are undertaking their consultations.
I just want to thank you, Chair, and thank you all, colleagues. I think it's an important piece of legislation and we should move forward.