I totally agree that this committee is in a difficult spot because you can only consider one of them at a time. The reality is, though, that while you said it's true that we can have another bill and that it happens with gun crimes and other things, it is not easy to get Parliament's attention for animal cruelty crimes or animal issues. Back in the day when we had a Liberal government that was very supportive of this issue, it still didn't make it a high enough priority that it got passed. I think that's part of the problem: animal crimes are just not taken as seriously as perhaps some other issues in society.
I would suggest that if we were to pass this bill, it would be far more difficult to bring in another bill, simply because at least something has been done; whereas if this bill dies, I'm far more confident that there will be another bill, because this issue is so important to so many people.
So I suggest that actually it would be more effective if this bill died; there would be a much greater chance that we'll get a good bill then.