I have practised criminal law for 30 years and I have still not grasped Mr. Moore's meaning. Let me go back to the example of Bill C-2, which is over and done with so we do not have to deal with it again. If we were studying Bill C-2 and we realized that an amendment was necessary, since we were discussing something directly related to what the committee is studying, 48 hours' notice would not be necessary.
However, if some other urgent motion needed to be debated, the appointment of a judge, for example, this would not be a substantive motion directly relating to business under consideration. So 48 hours' notice would be necessary. I am absolutely not prepared to accept that. It stops important issues coming to us at the last minute, in the middle of a meeting, or a few hours before a meeting. That is what the 48 hours prevents.