Mr. Chair, I just want to point out that some of us are going to have to leave partway through the committee meeting, which is unfortunate.
Yesterday we had Bill C-5 come to the House for debate. We were in the middle of debate when the House was adjourned yesterday, and it was going to come up again this morning at 10:15. Now we're being held up by some NDP amendments. It was interesting that when they made their presentation yesterday, Mr. Chair, their main objection was that the bill had not come back quickly enough for them. This morning we came to the House to debate the bill, and they pulled a procedural trick, and we spent three hours discussing a completely different issue. Some of us had expected to be in the House this morning discussing Bill C-5 and hopefully have it done by now, so we could have been at the committee the entire time.
So I just wanted to point that out and let people know the reason why some of us will have to leave. I believe the critic for the Liberals is also going to be one of those people who are going to have to leave.