I'm telling you what the government members did yesterday; I was present.
I've read the report; it's a comprehensive report. There is a response from the government. There is also a Senate report dealing with these issues.
Moving forward on this agenda item, I think it's important that those two reports be brought before the committee, as well as the numerous studies that have been done on it, perhaps incorporating the matters of Bill C-31 that also relate to matrimonial property and the impact on women.
I guess what is distressing me more than anything, Madam Chair, is the change in culture of this committee. This committee was a model for committees of Parliament last year. We accomplished much, and we accomplished much by working together to make things happen.
We're now in our third week. We didn't meet the first week. The second week we met we were into procedural wrangling, and we're back at it again. As we've all said, the agenda is substantial, and it really is time to move forward on the agenda. Nobody disagrees with the issue of the importance of matrimonial property. Let's not reinvent the wheel. Let's move forward on it, but let's try to do it in a collegial way, as we should all topics that we undertake.