Madam Speaker, we obviously have a legislative calendar, and extraordinary sittings require extraordinary reasons. I do not think that signing a free trade agreement constitutes an extraordinary reason. We are on schedule, and there is no reason to believe that we will not be among the first six signatory countries. We will do what is necessary. We started debating this bill today, and we want to fast-track it in the coming weeks because we believe it is very important.
In the House of Commons on September 17th, 2018. See this statement in context.