First, I take note of Ms. Chow's comments, but this is a political strategy being used by the NDP. There is a private member's bill. Since this isn't moving forward quickly enough, the decision was made to take it to committee. This is a choice. The opposition parties have a certain number of days which the NDP could use to see if this could move forward more quickly. I do not want them to start blaming the committee.
Mr. Chair, we have a very full agenda. You know that. We have very important issues to study. So, once again, because there is a private member's bill, I think it's interesting for us to decide that this is the way we will deal with this issue. We are holding a hand out to the NDP. If it wants to move forward more quickly, it has opposition days, and it won't teach us any political lessons today.