Before I turn to the ministers, Mr. Chair, I'd like to refer to something my colleague Madam Boivin mentioned.
She took the time to ask Minister MacKay about the amount of time this committee would take to study Bill C-26, this bill we're studying today. Of course, she will know that at our committee we had a discussion on the agenda for this bill and how many days we would have to study the bill. In fact, it was the NDP that suggested four days, which is the time we have allotted for the study.
I just think that because there are people watching today, they should know that this is the kind of nonsense we often get from the opposition. They actually set the time that they think we should study a bill for—