Thank you, Mr. McCann. I can't compel other members of the committee to meet with you, but what I can do is say this through the chair.
Through you, Mr. Chair, I exhort all members of this committee, before we get to clause-by-clause, to meet with Mr. McCann. Let's not forget that his parents were taken and that this law is in their name.
When it came to the private member's bill that came from my office, Bailey's law, I thought it was really important that people heard from the victims. We have 48 hours. Perhaps that time can be extended—who knows? It would behoove the members of this committee to meet with Mr. McCann.
I'll go one step further. Everybody here is going to have a chance to intervene, and by intervene I mean speak. I would invite the colleagues I just mentioned to take 10 seconds of their time and say whether they're prepared to meet with Mr. McCann. If they are, let's put it on the record. A what without a when is a never: That's something I like to say. Let's not make this a “never”. Let's get scheduling this here and now.
Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Cooper, we have only a minute here. One thing you mentioned was that other Commonwealth countries have put this type of law forward. Are we, frankly, behind the times on this?