Certainly, I'll do my best.
Even though you didn't have the opportunity to debate during the two hours of debate in the House, you have been very communicative about this bill. I appreciate your desire to see it go ahead in a good way and your communication as we go through this process.
There are many issues where it makes sense to be partisan, and this is not one of them. This is something that benefits all Canadians, and both of our families and all of our neighbours, so I appreciate how you've gone about addressing it. I also appreciate the opportunity to salute your colleagues, including Blake Richards, and members of this committee previously, who studied bereavement.
Obviously, many other issues were raised, not just this one. This has been attempted a couple of different ways, but I have specifically focused on this one because of the work of the previous minister responsible for Service Canada, Karina Gould, but also my work at Service Canada, knowing that this was an opportunity to not only do the right thing, but do it in a cost-effective manner. That is a rare thing.
We really have no excuse not to figure this out. As I said to Blake in the House during debate, I have no excuses and no reasoning for why we were not able to accomplish this sooner. I can only promise that we're going to do everything we can to get this across the line.