Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay on An Act to Implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to work with my colleague at the Standing Committee on International Trade.

First, I would like to know what he thinks about the fact that the government violated its own policy on tabling treaties by introducing the bill 15 days after the announcement of the content of the agreement itself, and not 21 days as set out in the policy.

Does he not think that this illustrates the importance of Bill C‑228, which would also allow us to debate an agreement, not a bill? The Conservatives spoke against our bill.

Second, it was the fact that we were debating and studying a bill, rather than the agreement itself, that led to all of the Conservative amendments being ruled out of order by the Chair when we studied the agreement with Ukraine.

Does my colleague not think it is time to make the process more democratic?