Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I don't really agree with my colleagues on the government side with respect to asking a committee to study or review the legislation given that we do that all the time. Indeed, we always choose committees, whether it be to study bills or to review them.
Consequently, I do not quite see how that would change anything at all, since we have specifically selected—and with good reason—the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to study Bill C-51. I don't see how any other committee could be chosen to study it. It just makes sense that this bill would be referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, for instance, and for the committee to have to produce a report after 30 months.
Once again, I must point out that that is part of our job as parliamentarians. I know that some committee members have been here a lot longer than I have. They know how privileged we are to be here. Studying and reviewing the provisions of various bills is part of our job as parliamentarians. That is why I plan to support the amendment.