Senator MACKAY (9:48 AM) —I was hoping we might be able to move expeditiously through the bill, but I cannot let those comments go; however, I will not hold up the chamber unduly. First of all, we do not agree that this is a piecemeal approach to this issue. In fact we are proposing amendments to three bills today. We believe that, given the nature of the Senate, it is appropriate to grasp the nettle when it occurs in terms of legislative opportunities. We have a window of opportunity here. We have a report that has been kicking around for five months or so, and it is apposite and critical for us to deal with these issues at this juncture, given that we have the legislative opportunity. So we clearly do not accept that it is an ad hoc approach. It is a comprehensive approach, both in a policy sense and also in a legislative sense, to proposed amendments to three bills.

Amendment agreed to.