Mr. Speaker, first, a bill cannot be introduced before it has been put on the Order Paper.
Second, I have always been clear on this. We want to go ahead as soon as possible, and we said we would go ahead before the summer recess.
Yesterday, I said very clearly that we will be bringing in the bill and the whole policy when we come back from the break week. That having been said, I will repeat that what we are doing, we are doing for the Canadian public, and we are doing it in our capacity as the Canadian government.
Moreover, we are motivated by the desire to send, with respect to the use of marijuana, the following messages: it is illegal, and it is harmful to your health. These messages—