I would like to thank my colleague for his excellent question and his introduction, which I fully agree with.
My bill is about defending workers and pensioners, not the banks. I was not elected by banks, but by the people, some of whom are workers. That is the first thing.
In fact, my bill is very simple. It's extremely simple, although I have been told that the devil is in the details and it could have a big impact. There are a lot of assumptions about the bill, but only when we pass it can we see what is actually happening and confirm those assumptions. We are working with theories right now. The idea of introducing a simple bill is that it also gets passed quickly. There was a consensus among the central labour bodies that I have been consulting for a number of years. We talked to a lot of people, including workers and pensioners.
As my colleague Mr. Barsalou-Duval, whom I like and with whom I have already discussed this, said in the House, the bill could obviously be improved. However, the more we improve it, the less likely it is to meet the needs of the greatest number of people, because we will be stuck on details and mechanics. I hope that it will be adopted quickly.
What Bill C-259 contains is not bad, quite the contrary. I absolutely agree with that, as does my party. However, as you also mentioned, Mr. Masse, we have seen how it works in committee. It takes a lot of time. If we want to do the job right, we should even sit this summer. I would be willing to come back and testify all summer so that this bill could finally go back to the House. I'm exaggerating, but sometimes you have to be ready to do what it takes to finally get a bill passed.
I think the simplicity of the bill would allow it to be sent back to the House quickly. We can make improvements, but if we can get something done after 20 years, I think that would be amazing.