I totally agree with what you're saying, but I have to be a killjoy. Since we're members from different parties, we may not agree on this. The problem I'm thinking of is that I certainly wouldn't want to see any sustained filibustering on this committee in the event that, say, the opposition agreed on what you just said to us, but on the government side the Minister of Public Safety would find our way of amending the bill unacceptable and decide to block the process. Until we can find common ground, people won't get the help they need. Getting aid through is the main objective of this bill, but that won't happen if we can't get it through.
Can the committee members make some concessions and manage to balance out this bill to get a deal as quickly as possible? As I say, that's my main objective. As a parliamentarian, I'm trying to see what's acceptable to humanitarian organizations to get this bill passed as quickly as possible.
Could we get there, for example, by way of exemptions for NGOs that are already recognized and credible, that have some breadth and are already on the ground? Could we have a list of NGOs that would already be exempted? Would it be possible to propose that to the government and put it in the bill, or does that seem impossible to you?