I'll just say that I think this is an overstep. As Mr. Garrison said when you ruled out his amendment, NDP-1, these opportunities only come along once in a while.
To address your point on Bill C-71 and Bill C-77, this is why we have committee meetings. This is why we have expert witnesses. This is what we've heard from expert witnesses. It comes back again to Mr. Perron. He is the one who suggested that we go this route. We need to make sure these criminal records do not haunt the future of our veterans.
When we start talking about transition and wanting to support our military members as they move back to civilian life, really minor service infractions should not be on their criminal records. This is a way to address it. I think it is incredibly unfortunate that we aren't taking the opportunity to hear from expert witnesses and incorporate those changes into the bill, because, as was pointed out by Mr. Garrison, this won't happen again for the next....
We need to make sure that we address those issues. The summary of the bill, which is in the front of Bill C-77 is very clear that we are dealing with minor infractions. I can't see how you can rule this out of order. For that I challenge the chair.