Thank you, Madam Chair.
On that, some time ago, when we were considering this bill, we set a timeline for submitting amendments. Then there was some discussion, and that timeline was extended. I note that Mr. Fortin submitted an amendment, and I also submitted an amendment, so there were two amendments. We've all considered those.
As I was leaving my office to come over here, I got notice of a government amendment. It might have been 10 or 15 minutes before the committee started. In order for us to print it off and for me to take a look at it, I ended up getting here just at 11:01 or so.
My point is that when we set these deadlines for amendments, it's a courtesy, and beyond being a courtesy, it's an expectation the committee has set out around amendments. Sometimes things come up that are outside our control. I don't want to spoil the surprise, but I note the government amendment just deals with the coming into force of the legislation. I'm wondering why we couldn't have received that in a more timely fashion so we could have had more orderly conduct when we came to the committee. This puts us all in a position in which we're playing a bit of catch-up, when avoiding that is the whole point of having a deadline.