Madam Speaker, I am sure you will allow me to table the draft resolution of the government majority on the legislative committee which would put a gag on the committee and which we have been debating since the beginning of the week.
The Liberal majority has failed to convince a single member of the opposition parties that this gag is necessary. Now we have a motion that the House gag the committee's deliberations.
Do I have the consent of the House to table the Liberal majority's draft resolution, which reads as follows:
The committee may, if necessary, for the purpose of better accommodating the list of witnesses, continue to hear witnesses until 5.30 p.m., Thursday, February 24, 2000, provided that the Chair puts all questions necessary to dispose of Bill C-20 at the latest by Thursday, February 24, 2000 at midnight.
That is a gag order, Madam Speaker.