I'm going to speak in support of this motion. We have seen too much change in the area of immigration, and to have this buried in a budget bill just doesn't seem right.
We have a standing committee. The job of the standing committee is to examine, to provide due diligence, and then to make brilliant amendments to make the legislation serve Canadians in a better way. I think this proposal being put forward reflects the proposal I made in the House today when I tried to seek unanimous consent...and I was so surprised when my colleagues across the aisle didn't see in their magnanimous hearts to give me that unanimous consent so that it could come to this committee and be debated.
Mr. Chair, one of the things I'm finding is that when we're looking at changes to legislation, when we're looking at making changes to one of our key pillars, our immigration policy, which is our nation-building policy of the past, when we contemplate any changes, it behooves us to take the time to very deliberately examine this, and it also provides us, the legislators, with an opportunity to examine and make amendments.
I'm very conscious of the time and that we have our guest, who we all want to hear more from. I'm not going to say more, though I could speak for 10 hours on this and the need for us to provide time.