Mr. Chair, I support the amendment. Having said that, let me explain why.
You'll recall that biometrics is something that is fairly recent in terms of an issue for the House of Commons. In fact, our own committee was debating that particular issue prior to the minister making this announcement. So we're still having committee meetings trying to better understand the role that biometrics plays for refugees, visiting visas, student visas—the whole nine yards—working visas, and so forth. Given that there are concerns with regard to disclosure and disposal of information, issues related to regulations, for all of those reasons and more, this whole aspect of the bill is one of the reasons why we feel that we're trying to ram a bill through without giving it due diligence.
When I look at this particular amendment, at least it's trying to go a little bit more on the side of caution. All in all, it's better to err on the side of safety than it is to plow ahead when in fact the government really hasn't done its due diligence in the whole spectrum of biometrics. At the very least, the government doesn't seem to think that our committee is worthy of participating in that discussion, or hearing our conclusions contained in our upcoming report.
That's the reason why I'll be in support of the amendment.