Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My colleagues are quite right to feel that government bills generally should have priority. It is not an absolute rule, to my knowledge. However, there is a rule for private members' bills. If I am not mistaken, if a bill is has not been studied and a decision has not been rendered by a committee within 60 days of the bill being referred to it, this is deemed to have been done and the bill goes back to the House without amendment. I am not sure whether it is 60 business days or 60 sitting days. I would have to check. But, given the circumstances, your subcommittee should perhaps develop a strategy to deal with Bill C-310.