Madam Chair, I'll start by saying that I think what we're experiencing right now is further proof that going down this path of trying to recommend things for future crises in the middle of a crisis, when our direction has simply been to figure out how to get through this current situation, with the short window of time we've been given to do it and, as Mr. Brassard says, when we are under the gun essentially, at this point, is a great mistake.
I think that's why these recommendations are a great mistake. Here we are, with an hour and forty minutes to try to finish recommendations about how to deal with the current situation and we're fighting over what we're going to do in some future situation that might arise instead of dealing with what we're supposed to be dealing with. I'm going to tell you that we could be here a long time, because I will never allow our democracy to be given away this way. That's what we're talking about here with this amendment Mr. Turnbull is proposing to his own recommendation. The bottom line here is that if all the other committee members, or at least all the other parties, feel that's where we're going to go, I guess that's where we're going to go, but I will not, I will never, allow our democracy to be taken away in such a fashion. That amendment is something that I cannot accept.
I may have a suggestion on that. I don't want to cede the floor because we may need to be here a while if there isn't going to be any resolution possible here. Can I start with two things? Is it possible to ask a question of a couple of other members? I would just like to, if I could, through you Madam Chair, while holding the floor, allow some time to Ms. Normandin—