I'll take part of that time and then give part of it to my colleagues. I'll try to be very quick.
The problem we've seen today is the inability to deal with legislation in a respectful manner that encourages debate on and improvement of legislation. The time limits prevented us many times from speaking to amendments that we were bringing forward. I think it's not advisable for committees to proceed in this manner. It seems to me fundamentally anti-democratic.
As well, the deadlines we were given caused us to have to write and submit amendments before we actually heard from all the witnesses before the committee, and sometimes committee witnesses do provide important information that helps guide us in producing better legislation. It has really been a travesty, I think, of the law-making process to have such short timelines imposed on us.