Mr. Chairperson, it provides me the opportunity to express a perspective on what I think is an important issue, which is the time the committee spends and making sure it's as productive as possible.
Prior to the motion being brought forward by Mr. Dykstra, we had two witnesses before the committee, two witnesses I had actually invited, one from the Philippines and another from Chandigarh, and we were dealing with a very important issue. Ultimately, I was hoping to actually have those witnesses present to the committee prior to our getting on to the debate.
If this motion were to pass, Mr. Chairperson, there would be a greatly enhanced opportunity for the committee to address what we're dealing with now for yet another 30 days, whereas we do have other agenda items that I believe have a great deal of merit. This is not to take away from the importance of Mr. Shory's bill but, rather, to emphasize how important it is for the committee to be dealing with other issues. This particular issue that we've just started dealing with is something—