I appreciate the ability to comment at a high level. I appreciate the work of everyone at the committee, from all sides and all party members, and I appreciate the complexity that has been brought upon all of us because of the unprecedented way that this is going through, as described by the chair when we started.
At a high level, the way that I think about these amendments is that they fall into three categories: technical, timing and money.
Technical are things.... Despite the wonderful drafting abilities of our wonderful Library of Parliament, it is impossible when you first start into this process—before the department has had its ability and the justice department has had its ability to look deeply into it—to understand exactly what it will affect and what unintended consequences there might be. Those are the technical amendments. Hence, we get a situation where the amendments can be larger than a one-page, double-sided bill.
The second is to do with timing. We wanted to make sure that the department was given a specified time to be able to execute this as it goes through. This ensures that it's going to be within a six-month timing. I'm hoping that it's going to be faster, but if we do this today, we get it done before Christmas.
The third is specifically to do with money and the requirements of the royal recommendation and to make sure that what is financially encapsulated in this bill falls inside what was already proposed in the annex of budget 2025. That gets us the royal recommendation. That gets this passed. That gets it to the Senate and, hopefully, gets it done before Christmas.
From a high level, that's what we're doing today.