Senator Gold: Thank you for the question. As I tried to make it clear in my speech, and as the motion makes clear, there is no reporting deadline. That was to address whatever concerns or — dare I say — suspicions there might be that this is just a Trojan horse so we can ram it through at the end when it arrives at the last minute. That is not the intention of the government. Quite the contrary.

As I said in my speech, once the bill arrives here, whether the pre-study is still ongoing — and let’s hope it gets here while the pre-study is still ongoing, because that means we will get it earlier rather than later, which would be our hope — but once the bill gets here, regardless of whether the pre-study is ongoing or completed, it will then have to go through — and properly so — second-reading debate, and then it will be sent for committee study, and the committee will decide how long it needs to study the bill that we have received, and then it will go to third-reading debate.

As I said, Senator Lankin, I appreciate the question, and that pathway can only be determined and discussed amongst leaders. Ultimately, the Senate pronounces on that and decides, just through the normal operation of our rules of debate and the like, how long the process of second-reading debate, committee study and third-reading debate will be.

I hope that answers your question.