Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was somewhat stunned by your ruling. I think what we've tried to do at this committee is look at the legislation with an open mind, to hear as many viewpoints as possible, and to try to work collaboratively.
There are two elements in this bill. One is the element in terms of ensuring that there's adequate advance polling, and I think the preponderance of opinion agrees with that. The other question was whether or not this so-called final advance poll was really an advance poll or was a full-out voting day and whether that was good or not. That is our job as members of this committee, to review legislation. To draw the line here, you're basically giving us a choice of whether or not to support the bill or throw it out. But there are two key elements in this bill, and one element certainly, I think, failed the means test, and that is why it came to committee. We were more than willing to have it come to committee so that we could hear expert witnesses, but certainly the issue of that Sunday failed the means test before the witnesses.
The other elements of the bill certainly have received, I think, very clear support. The New Democrats would certainly be more than willing to continue clause-by-clause on this bill. But on that one Sunday, the evidence does not support what was brought forward in this bill.