Fair enough, Mr. Chair.
I want to explain myself a little bit. I accept your ruling, of course. You're the chair. You're in the chair. I think it's important that we all understand that if we do not get an extension, this bill will go back to the House unamended. That's not something we would like to see.
We believe the legislation and suggestions to make legislation better ought to be discussed amongst the members of Parliament and not use some kind of procedural deadline to kill very important legislation, because that's not what Canadians want us to do.
There are a whole bunch of things I can say, but I don't want to risk getting out of the level of discussion we should be talking about now, the matter at hand, which is the subamendment. But you should know, as everyone in the House should know, that over 82% of Canadians would like to see this legislation move forward. It's very important we understand that on the question of whether Canadians agree that those found guilty of treason or even war against Canadian troops, and a piece of legislation that addresses that.... Over 82% of Canadians believe this legislation should be moving forward.
So I'm speaking to the subamendment because I want it to be discussed. I want it to go further. I don't want it to die or come back unamended simply because somebody has decided they're going to filibuster this legislation or try to take advantage of the fact that it has a deadline by which, if it's not discussed, then too bad, it's going to come back unamended and the opposition has a win. That's not what it's about. We're here to serve.
Therefore my subamendment allows for an extension so that we can discuss all of these things and make this piece of legislation even better than it is. Because at the end of the day, we are not talking about taking anything away from Canadian citizens. We are talking about punishing terrorists who commit acts of war or treason—