Personally, I have no problem with that. I am ready to invite the Quebec justice minister. Besides, let us send him an invitation, and he will tell us whether he's ready to appear or not. He could appear before us or he could write us a letter stating in a more official way what I have in this text. He can also get in touch with the federal Minister of Industry, and after discussion, the government could amend this bill. Thus we could finally adopt this bill so that in the rest of Canada, a payday lending industry can develop in a way that is well managed, well adapted to the situation in each province, but that, at the same time, respects Quebec's jurisdiction.
This is what I had in mind when I put forward my subamendment. To be fully explicit, I say “after having heard all the witnesses proposed by the members”. Of course, if other members want to propose witnesses, I am not the only one competent to do so. If Mr. Vincent or any other committee member has a list of witnesses, it would be important to proceed and gather all the needed information to adopt a bill that does what it is supposed to do.
This is more or less what I have to say about my subamendment as I drafted it. When the time comes for the question, I want us to read again the basic motion, the amendments and the subamendment so that committee members can have a proper view of the whole picture, with the all the nuances that are in the subamendment, the amendments and the main motion when it is amended.
This is what I had to say about this subamendment. Further on, I will be pleased to speak about the amendment put forward I think by Mr. Colin Carrie. Depending on how things go—