Very quickly, my difficulty is this. I would be more than happy to see any progress made in this area. It's not solely, as Mr. Lukiwski suggests, about me or my party. The fact that something so pivotal to Canadian democracy has no rules at all is worrying to a lot of people, and was to at least one witness.
I don't think I'm in a position to make any changes because the way the rules this committee adopted impose upon me, my option might be to take it to report stage as an amendment to this bill, suggesting it be a transitional stage. As a matter of procedure, I think I am stopped from putting forward changes to my own amendments in the midst of committee hearings. I'm only allowed to bring forward, when I can, 48 hours ahead of clause-by-clause and not make up amendments on the fly as a full member of committee could do.