Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
It would be nice to know the true intentions behind this, even if it has to do only with the time those people will have when they come to introduce and discuss the amendments. We will be spending a lot of energy on those issues when they should be referred to the House, where this debate should take place.
I personally love sitting until the wee hours of the morning. This room is filled with great energy. It is also unbelievable to see the synergy and friendships that develop sometimes despite the heated debates.
In addition to all that—and this is what I am trying to get at—they are asking that the document be submitted in both official languages when that is a challenge for us here. We were often not able to have access to documents because they were not available in both official languages. Yet those people will have to introduce amendments in both official languages. That is a lot of work for independent members. In addition, it is a loophole. They will be able to hold up the work of a number of committees by introducing all sorts of amendments. They will be left on the agenda and, after a while, someone will ask to go in camera. At the end of the day, we will be spinning our wheels once again.
Debating bills in this way is not democratic, especially when we are constantly dealing with omnibus bills and secrecy. We have no way of debating those issues properly for Canadians across the country to see. That is not how we are supposed to represent the people. We were elected by the people in our ridings to get the job done in the House of Commons. Our leader and our team have appointed us to sit on committees because they trusted us and believed we were capable of addressing the concerns of all our colleagues, even independent members of Parliament sometimes, so that we could talk about our concerns with respect to bills.
Once again, the government is trying to hide things from us, and this way of doing things is undemocratic. It is insulting to see that democracy is once again being thwarted by the Conservatives.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.