My only concern is.... Well, I have a few concerns. When we spoke to the Canadian Labour Congress, which was a witness here earlier this week, they mentioned that they spoke to you in early January about their concerns that the 26 weeks would not be substantive enough.
In Manitoba, we were in very strict lockdowns again in mid-November. A number of other provinces were entering them at the same time. I felt like we knew this was coming. I feel all of the blame is being put on the opposition Conservatives, but I do feel that this bill should have been brought forward much sooner. I'm a little bit disappointed that it was not. You're saying you went as fast as you could. I appreciate that.
The other day in committee, Mr. Vaughan said that because of the process it has to go to the Treasury Board, finance and ultimately to cabinet. Did that process take quite a long time on your end? Is it the bureaucracy of the Liberal government machine that perhaps held this up?