Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to start by thanking our Conservative colleagues for proposing this motion. Upon reading it, I understand that our Conservative colleagues find the committee extremely busy and that, as a result, we need a lot more time. In my opinion, this only reinforces the idea that it would be wise to use this meeting to do a clause-by-clause study of Mr. Singh's bill.
I also want to point out to the committee that similar motions have been proposed in other committees. Our Conservative colleagues could no doubt tell us how many committees in this Parliament are so busy that they will have to sit all summer, in their opinion. Indeed, this seems to be cutting and pasting motions that have been tabled all over Parliament Hill. Last night, I was walking down Wellington Street and I think I saw a motion like this stuck on a telephone pole.
Also, I want to add that the House's technology services have advised us that the systems are due for major maintenance and that they need at least five to six weeks to complete it. In past years, summer meetings have been a major hindrance to the modernization of the systems. As a result, the situation has become critical and technological systems are in dire need of modernization this summer.
I'm quite curious to see where this conversation will lead, but allow me, in all open‑mindedness, to express the greatest of reservations.