I wanted to answer the question asked by Ms. Davies. She asked, why now? Had she been in this committee previously, she would have seen what happened at the last couple of meetings. As I mentioned before and want to reiterate, it was clear that this legislation was going to be rammed through. It was absolutely clear, so it was important for us to make this motion at the earliest possible moment in order to make sure that we get a fair hearing. That's why I did it now, as opposed to waiting.
Typically we wait until, as you've phrased it, the scheduled times to have these kinds of discussions. Clearly, though, nothing was happening at that point. It was very clear that in those scheduled discussions and timelines, this was going to be rushed and was not going to get the proper hearing.
I have all respect for Mr. Nadeau. I want to make that very clear. We serve on another committee together and I have a lot of respect for him. I just think that, in his interest as well, we need to give his bill a proper hearing and make sure we hear all of the witnesses who want to speak.