Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to clarify that last point.
The point we're trying to make, my dear colleague Mr. Genuis, is that right now is not the time to put a limit or a date on this study. Obviously, Canadians know about this issue. All of us want to make sure that Canadians who work get paid for the work they do. We're just saying that right now is not the time to do that, when we already know that there are going to be stakeholder meetings, that we're going to have the results by October 17, and that the results are going to be made public early in the year.
If we're going to come back to this committee and have a fulsome and proper study, let's do it the right way. Let's not rush through a study right now and say “on or before October 10” to get all of this. Even if it starts on October 17, as you said earlier.... Why not wait to make sure that we are going to be dealing with facts and not just hearsay? Of course, all Canadians expect all Canadians to be paid for the work they do. This is an item that has really been top of mind for the minister and the ministry. We want to make sure that we do the right thing by all employers and employees, specifically to make sure they get paid for the work they do.
It is an item that is serious, and it deserves to have the proper study to make sure that we know what we're going to be dealing with on an ongoing basis. If we need to change the legislation and, as the minister has said publicly, if there is currently a loophole in the labour code that needs to be amended, that is something the government is going to be looking at, but first we need to make sure that we know what we're dealing with and what we hear from the results of the probe.
We're not saying no to this study. We're saying no to this study at this particular moment. Let's make sure we have the facts first, before we go forward and spend time on this important study.