I'm not going to support this, because it would be a hypocrisy for me. I'll let them have the amendment. It's ridiculous what's happening here. It's unfortunate. We had all summer to work on this. There was an agreement. We worked on a lot of these amendments in good faith. I even dropped out some amendments that the government was uncomfortable with on a few different things.
It's funny, because I've been in touch with ministers all over the summer, with some of them coming to do fundraisers in my riding and others to actually come and meet with me. There were a variety of opportunities when this could have been brought up as something. It's disappointing, because this committee actually has a history of working together and actually living up to its word. Everybody has a right to drop an amendment or a subamendment at any point in time, but there is generally a piece of courtesy involved. In fact, I voted for some Liberal subamendments related to this because that was the deal. I was supposed to get my amendment passed. The concerns that were raised are really nothing more than straw men with regard to the concerns on my amendment.
It's pretty shocking and surprising that we want to start this way, but if that's the case, then fair enough. Perhaps it's just because somebody wants to have their own name on an amendment. I don't know, but it's a pretty significant double-cross when you think about it, especially given the history of what took place in supporting the other Liberal amendments that we did change during this legislation.
Sadly, we start this way, but that's okay.