Mr. Chairman, the reason I suggested what I did is that I was hoping the committee wouldn't pronounce itself on this motion, because if the committee pronounces itself on this motion, it prejudices the bill and the motion that are already before the House.
I wouldn't be so presumptuous as to suggest that there is no avenue for Ms. Coady to present her bill further up in the order of precedence. It would be presumptuous on my part to suggest that things are going to stay the way they are.
Secondly, there is nothing that prevents Ms. Coady and those who would support her bill, were it to come up in the order of precedence, to come before the committee when another bill aiming at amending the Motor Vehicle Safety Act on items that are safety related would come before this committee. There is a great chance that it would come before this committee prior to the other bill.
So for us to prejudice which way the House would be going on this issue by expressing a view on it, by vote, I think would be harmful to the debate down the road, whether in the House or in this committee. I'm hoping that Ms. Chow would put some of her personal views to one side and say that this is going to be handled by the committee and the House, one way or the other, and thanks for listening.