I'd like to say I agree with everything Mr. Garrison just said, except the part where he said he wouldn't support my motion. Everything else made a hundred per cent sense to me.
I've been hearing from a lot of groups. They are blindsided by this. I said this to the minister today. We can have the debate about mental illness, but frankly it was not part of Bill C-7. It was the minister's opinion that Bill C-7 was constitutional without it.
As Mr. Garrison said, this is coming back from the Senate without us really considering the specifics of it at committee.
I'm not going to withdraw my motion. I appreciate what Mr. Virani said. Yes, things have changed since I introduced it, because of the closure vote this afternoon and a possible vote tonight on the amendment, but I still think it would be good for us to hear from people who are going to be impacted by this.
I don't want to belabour the point, Madam Chair, but I would like us to consider and vote on my motion. Depending on what happens tonight, maybe we can revisit this again at another time.
Thank you.