Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the ministers for being here.
This is a very important bill, and I find it really unfortunate that we won't get a chance to study it in depth. There are dozens of witnesses, if not more, who would have liked to testify before the committee on this bill. Unfortunately, they will not have the opportunity to do so. We won't even have the opportunity to properly debate the bill.
I understand that the government has a sense of urgency right now. Otherwise, it wouldn't be forcing things through like this. I'm wondering if they are basically invoking the Emergencies Act in disguise, because that act has the kind of extraordinary powers contained in this bill. That is what a constitutional expert told us yesterday.
What can you tell us about that, Mr. LeBlanc?