Mr. Chair, if I could, I'm just giving notice of motion.
Mr. Chair, it was indeed with surprise that I saw the government introduce legislation yesterday on the sex offender registry, probably less than two weeks from when this committee was completing a mandatory review. I know that government members were very anxious to see this done. It was important work and the committee made accommodation for it.
You know, all of that was tossed out of the window. I think it was a completely disrespectful act, and I think the committee needs to voice its displeasure. It was a complete waste of this committee's time and energy, and now we're left with whatever the government legislation is, not having taking into consideration the work that was asked of this committee.
I think any member of this committee should be deeply disappointed with that, particularly given the fact that the government only had to wait a very brief period of time to hear our conclusions. It's one thing to be ignored--certainly, we're used to that--but to not even wait until we say something to ignore it is a whole new level.
We'll be introducing a motion on that to debate, but I wanted to speak to that, to let him know it was coming Thursday, because I was greatly disappointed with the way that was handled.