Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My comment will tie in with my colleague's remarks. Our resources are also quite limited. Preparing amendments and verifying their compliance with the legislative counsel is time‑consuming. There's a great deal of back and forth.
February 21 is less than a week away, which gives us very little time. Remember, we'll start studying the bill the following week. We'll then be in our constituencies for two weeks. I think that we'll need to hurry to get our work done. The bill will then be put on hold, since we'll be spending a number of weeks in our constituencies in March.
I propose that we have a bit more time to submit our amendments. It seems reasonable to give us an extra week, as Mr. Shipley suggested. In the meantime, the committee could begin its study on car theft.