That's a broad consultation. Congratulations to the member.
In your speech, you also referred to a conference that took place in Vancouver. You said that you went all over Canada to consult different organizations regarding your bill. In your speech in the House of Commons, you said there was a national consensus on the importance of acting on this problem. As you said, your bill has received the approval of the Canadian Bar Association and of several other organizations. We agree that this is an extremely important problem.
We should deal with it right now, because there are people who could benefit from this right now.
Studies were already done by other committees, among others the Standing Committee on Health, in 2006. What could that study add to our work? The NDP was ready to support Bill C-583 today and send it quickly to the Senate. Why did you vote against the bill when all of these organizations support it? What will that study add? Today, we could at least have passed something that is likely to help people in prison, who unfortunately are victims of a syndrome that is beyond their control.