Mr. Chair, I've worked on lots of committees over the years. I have never seen a member actually deny unanimous consent, because part of the committee process is to be able to amend and at times withdraw amendments that are put forward. This is the first time in 20 years that I've seen this kind of tactic. It's unfortunate. I will be voting against this amendment in favour of BQ-2.
I notified committee last Monday about this, and I'm quite frankly surprised and very disappointed that any member would deny unanimous consent to withdraw, because in all of the legislation I've done over the years, that's never happened.