Madam Speaker, it is great to see my colleague back in the House.
I appreciate and understand the tight timeline, but the Liberal government had opportunities to ask for another extension. Can we honestly say that we can accomplish what we have been asked to do in just a matter of weeks, when every other jurisdiction has done this over a matter of years? It is more important that we get this right than it is to meet some kind of deadline that has been imposed by the Supreme Court.
After the election, the Liberal government asked for the first extension and got four months. It should have challenged that with all of its resources and said that is simply not enough time. The consequences of this are not something that I personally can live with. If we make mistakes, it is horrible to say, but it could have fatal consequences, and that is not something I want on my conscience.