Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen, for coming here today to present on a very important issue. It's the reputation of this country, I believe, on the line here.
I'll start with Mr. Williams and Mr. McCool.
You repeatedly said you need more time for this legislation. The fact of the matter is that this legislation came about after 550 days of review. It took that long, over a year and a half, to actually get a piece of legislation, which since that time hasn't produced anything.
Right now, if it's still, in your view, premature, how much more time is needed and what needs to change, specifically, for this legislation to be successful? I'd like to know, because the body count is rising. I think we're actually participating in a wilful genocide of people, because we actually have systems in place and we use excuse after excuse after excuse.
What is the timeframe, would you say, before there has to be a full-blown investigation and people held to account if we still don't get a pill to someone else? Is it one year, two years, three years, four years? What is it?