As you can tell from the nature of the remarks I'm making, I'm generally supportive of the tenor and direction of the amendment.
I want to urge all members of this committee to consider being supportive of this amendment, just as I want them to be supportive of the actual amendments to the bill that my party is proposing. We need to have some kind of assurance that those will be taken into account.
I'm aware that amendments proposed by opposition parties are not normally accepted by governments in committee. It requires some kind of behind-the-scenes negotiation between the minister or those who work for her and our shadow minister, and likewise with the House leaderships. These things always have a number of different players.
We have to allow this to happen. A programming motion shuts it down. That's the thing we're trying to avoid.