Thank you, Chair.
I agree with Mr. Karygiannis that this is a very important issue, and one that affects many people here in Canada. It affects many families in Canada; and it affects our economy, because we know that undocumented workers play a very valuable role in the current economy in many parts of Canada, and to lose them would put serious hardships on business and industry, and cause serious problems for families.
Mr. Chair, we have already passed a motion similar to this almost a year ago, on June 21, 2006, and it's currently being debated in the House in the form of a concurrence motion, beginning last Friday, having been moved by the member for Trinity—Spadina. That debate will continue, I believe, the first Friday that we're back after the break week, and then the House will have an opportunity to vote on that motion at that time. So I think it's very timely that the House has that discussion.
Given that, Chair, I'm not sure it's important to reiterate this today. I was going to suggest to Mr. Karygiannis that we might wait to table his motion on May 31, when we are expecting officials of the department to come and brief us about the deportation of undocumented workers. After that meeting, it might be important to discuss the motion then. That timing or sequence would certainly sit better with me.
So I wonder if there might be some interest in entertaining that suggestion, that we table it until May 31.