Mr. Chair, I'm raising new information.
I have not raised the concern that essentially other amendments we may identify would not be able to be brought forward because of Mr. Menzies' particular motion. It's November 7. After that, even if we discover an egregious short sight in terms of how this bill is structured, we will have already voted on all of those clauses. Very clearly, Marleau and Montpetit says we have the right, indeed the responsibility, to bring those motions forward.
What I am proposing is shifting Mr. Menzies' date to a much more reasonable date. The much more reasonable date is November 28. It is in three and a half weeks' time, Mr. Chair. In three and a half weeks' time, I believe we will have done the due diligence on the bill to actually go clause by clause and improve those clauses that desperately need to be improved.
As a member of the opposition, I would submit that by November 28 we would be willing to vote on all the proposals that do not have amendments. It could be done in one vote. We could also do it clause by clause. It can be done with cooperation, not with a date imposed of next Tuesday, but with a date that is reasonable.
Let me move to the fourth clause, Mr. Chair. We talk about Bill C-24 being reported to the House on Thursday, or as soon as possible. Very clearly, here is another issue. In previous clauses, clauses that are a precedent to this main fourth clause, which really is the heart of this.... We're going to vote en masse for all of these unamended motions. Regardless of whether we've done our job, we're going to put the bill out and report to the House on Thursday, or as soon as possible. On Thursday we will bring back a bill that is distinctively flawed. We are bringing it to parliamentarians who will actually know that it is distinctively flawed and that we as a committee have not done our due diligence. So fourth clause is really the heart of this motion. It is one that I think as parliamentarians we can all see is irresponsible.
On the fourth clause, Mr. Chair, what we do is take out the Thursday date and we allow for it being as soon as possible.