Finance committee  You're saying that should the unanimous consent not be granted at that point, we would go back to the amendment that we're currently discussing and that wouldn't require unanimous consent or....

Finance committee  Yes, it's part of the discussion, but it's not the same question.

Finance committee  Before we vote, I just want to implore the members on the other side, government members, Liberal members, to show some compassion here. You have the ability to right a wrong. You all know it's wrong. I've heard it expressed. I've seen it on your faces. You know it's wrong. You have the ability to right this.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I will say that I am incredibly disappointed and incredibly frustrated at this Liberal government right now, and I'll tell you why. Let me start with a bit of a push-back on the comments that were just made. They were much like the ones made earlier. I don't believe they're ill-intended comments, but they're ill-informed comments.

Finance committee  Really we're talking about the same arguments here.

Finance committee  No, I don't think there needs to be any further debate.

Finance committee  I'd like a recorded vote, please. (Amendment negatived: nays 5; yeas 4 [See Minutes of Proceedings]) (Clause 514 agreed to on division)

Finance committee  Yes, there is currently a study at HUMA, which is near completion. It's based on the motion that I brought forward in the House of Commons, which was passed unanimously in the House. We've heard from the parents. I think there's one meeting left where we'll hear from officials, and it has been very clear where the recommendations would be headed if we were to follow witness testimony.

Finance committee  I suppose that's a possibility.

Finance committee  Yes, that's right. For the government to be able to act, this would be the best opportunity, rather than to wait until after an election.

Finance committee  On this one, what the amendment is seeking to do is to take a situation that I think was discussed briefly in the previous conversation we had here, the idea that with this five-day bereavement leave that's being contemplated, there is a requirement that a woman have three months' continuous employment to be able to qualify for that.

Finance committee  I don't think we would have to, because we're talking about two separate things.

Finance committee  I want to respond as well to the comments made, Mr. Fragiskatos' comments. It's likely just a misunderstanding on his part, I hope, because certainly the two provisions he mentioned actually don't cover what we're talking about here. First of all, for the one he referenced about families that are victims of crime, we're talking about two different things here.

Finance committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. This one obviously is an interesting opportunity timing-wise. The human resources committee has actually been studying this particular subject matter after a unanimous motion passed in the House of Commons to look at this issue. It's about bereavement leave and the particular situation of parents who have lost a child.

Finance committee  Thank you.