Yes, because it's the last day that we can vote on the 30-day extension.
If the 30-day extension is not approved now, we risk not being able to do it anymore, because November 19 is the day this has to go back. November 19 is a Tuesday, and normally they're done the Wednesday before. We don't sit the Remembrance Day week. That is November 6, so we are on a very tight deadline. This is not a joke. This is very serious. I've been saying this for weeks, and that's why I was trying to do my best here as the chair.
I think we all believe there is merit in this PMB. Everybody would like to study it, because there is merit in the contents. We are on a deadline now. We risk not being able to do anything with it, so then what? That is the question. The sponsor can choose to pull it back and not deal with it, or I don't know what the option is. I suppose you can amend it any way you want, but how would you do that if you don't study it? Then if it goes to the House without being studied, I think that would be a shame, and that would not be something you would want the justice and human rights committee to do.
We've known this for weeks. This is not new. I know we've been meeting in camera, but I've been saying that now for weeks.
The clerk can explain it a little more, in case....