Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Again, I totally understand where MP Young is coming from. My request was more out of a spirit of working together. Rather than going head-deep into a very important issue to MP Young.... I have first nation communities in my riding as well. However, in the spirit of a minority government, the government cannot continue to act as if it has a majority. When someone says, “Perhaps we can discuss and hear different competing priorities so we can see if we have some consensus, and we might bypass this”.... While I know that the member is passionate about it, jumping into it head-deep really doesn't work. I was hoping to see if the member would consider...because the only thing we can do at this point is to either adjourn debate or modify it.
I'd like us to have a discussion about which subjects we might have some interest in, rather than jumping first into something where I have just a yes-or-no button.
I'll just ask the member again. Would she consider adjourning debate on this? She can bring it back at any time. Then maybe we can have a discussion not on her motion and its substance, but just on where the parties are at. I'd appreciate the courtesy.