Maybe I can shed some light on this.
We all know why we're continuing Bill C-40 today. I agree with everything Mr. Brock said earlier, and I've lived by that code my entire life. I don't know that it was necessary to bring Mr. Garrison into this. That was a comment made off the record, but be that as it may....
We want to get all these things done, and we want to get all these things done as quickly as possible. There have been a number of points of order raised. The chair has ruled on them.
I suggest that the easiest way to move forward and address all of these issues, be it Bill C-40, bringing the minister back at another time or dealing with the meeting tomorrow, which can be avoided if we get Bill C-40 done today.... I suggest we get to the matters at hand, and then get through them as quickly as we possibly can today. There aren't that many amendments that have been put forward.
Another thing I liked to do when I was practising, Mr. Brock, was to be brief and get to the point as quickly as possible. I always found that the adjudicators were very grateful for that, and I think that if we can apply that practice here today, we can accomplish all the things we've raised as concerns today.
Madam Chair, given that you've ruled on the points of order already raised, I suggest that we move on and start dealing with clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-40.