I only have one point to make, and that is, to the extent that there have been some minor aspersions about people's motivations, I think all of us are on the same page here. Look, I drafted the motion last week. Where did I put the NDP? Last. I'm going to be getting my issue maybe in March or April.
What I would say is this: Vaccines are important. As I said, it's my number one pick. If I were picking first, that's the one that I would go with, but we passed a motion giving the Liberals first choice and the Conservatives second. I assume the Conservatives will choose vaccines as their second pick.
Having one meeting on vaccines in December can't begin to plumb the depths of the issue of vaccines. Yes, it would be helpful, but vaccines are going to be incredibly important in January and February as well.
I agree with the Conservatives. It would be nice, if the Liberals saw fit, to have two of the four meetings and then one on vaccines. That would be helpful and it would be collaborative, but they're not required to do that. They're entitled to go first. They're entitled to pick their issue. They chose mental health. The question is, how many meetings do we want to allocate to that? I could go either way. There were sensible arguments made all around, but I'm warning us all again that if we don't make a vote on this right now, nobody's talking about anything next week. We will render meaningless all the profound commitments to all of these important issues if we don't pass this motion now.
There are many other vehicles to discuss issues. I think it is a very wise move on the Conservatives' part to have a debate in the House in committee of the whole with the health minister. That's an excellent venue in which to bring up vaccines, as well as in question period and other things.
Let's not make perfection the enemy of the good here. Let's proceed on this, and we can come back. I'll go on the record right now to tell you that I'll be supporting the Conservatives in having four meetings on vaccines when we return in January. Let nobody here think that vaccines aren't going to be a ferociously hot issue in terms of health care in January and February, because they will be. I don't think we're losing very much by getting this thing moving now.
I urge my colleagues: Let's just pass this motion, please.