Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Through you, I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here.
I want to start, first, with Mr. Terrazzano.
I want you to know that, on August 15, 2021, the Prime Minister called an election for September 20, 2021, which was just shy of a month before anyone elected in 2015 who did not win the election would be eligible. This was not a fixed election date. If the Prime Minister wanted to allow members of Parliament to get their pensions, he could have called that election a month later, and it would have happened. Just so you know, when the amendment is brought forward during clause-by-clause, I will be supporting keeping the election date on October 20.
Have you read the rest of the bill, and are there any comments you have?