I'm just going to say one thing, Mr. Chair, since I have the floor.
First of all, there was a deal made last week, which the Conservatives voted for, that said we were going to move to Bill C‑14. We were going to do three meetings on Bill C‑14, and we would have moved immediately back to clause-by-clause on Bill C‑9, the combatting hate act, which is an act that not only do I care deeply about but communities across the country care deeply about. We have voted for that and we have made the deal to move back to the combatting hate act.
It's funny. My colleague, Mr. Fortin, told me that this would probably happen. Despite all this, now the Conservatives aren't abiding by the deal that they made. It's terrible. They're now trying to tell the committee that we can't study Bill C‑9.
I'm against Mr. Lawton's amendment, which would essentially delay the combatting hate act for generations.
I think it is important for communities across the country to know that the Conservatives have not only gone against the motion that we passed one week ago, where they voted for going back to C‑9, the combatting hate act's clause-by-clause, in return for doing three meetings and clause-by-clause on this, but they are essentially seeking to delay the combatting hate act forever.
I'm against Mr. Lawton's amendment, and I'm appalled.