I'm sorry, Mr. Chair.
We've been going around this for a while. Mr. Battiste is saying that just because “the stakeholders”, in his opinion and in his words, don't want this amendment, we shouldn't support this amendment, but I'm saying that's not a reason. That's someone's opinion, but that's not a reason to not support this amendment. I'm prepared to support this amendment, and I would like some acknowledgement from Mr. Battiste that this is a fair amendment. Whether or not he's going to vote for it, it is a thing that we can do.
I don't want to end up in a place where the schedule, as we pass it, becomes a logical error. That is what I'm trying to get at with my questions. Will we end up in a logical error if we pass Ms. Idlout's, or previously Mr. Schmale's, amendment? That has nothing to do with whether the stakeholders like the amendment or don't like the amendment.
You can say we've been going around this. I am trying to get at the logic of the situation, not people's opinion on it. That's my question to the officials: Will we end up in a logical error if we pass Ms. Idlout's amendment?