I have a question for the legislative clerk.
You said it's up to the committee to determine whether this is beyond the scope of the legislation before us, so are you then saying it is up to the committee to make that decision? As my colleagues on this side have also stated, I do believe that having this amendment in the bill is going to provide clarity. It's also going to perhaps appease the individuals who had apprehensions about this bill...to talk about some important issues. So I would definitely support this amendment going forward.
I think this is an important piece of legislation, and as my colleague Mr. Savage said, I also completely support in principle the idea that we must ban replacement workers. However, we must also ensure that we address the issue of essential services.
So with your expertise, would you say it is up to our committee to make that decision? If it is, then we could perhaps have a motion of that sort put forward by one of us.