I am not at all opposed to getting those other people recognized, but my fear is that we're running against time right now.
Mr. Dhaliwal, you've been around here much longer than I have. We know that time sometimes works against us in these bills. I'm afraid that the bigger this scope gets, the more complicated it will become and the more debate will take place. My friend, Hon. Yonah Martin, was very specific to this group in order to get it this far now. If an election were called, all that good work would go.
I would encourage, just like my friend did, that any one of us as parliamentarians, and even someone in the Senate, can bring forward another bill much like this one that could address other people who fall into different categories. That's another option that can be brought. I'm afraid that if an election gets called, because we're in a minority Parliament, this group of lost Canadians will, unfairly, not have the justice they deserve, and we'll start from scratch all over again.
We've gotten this far. It's taken a lot of work from the good people on this committee and in Parliament, my good friend Yonah Martin, and Don Chapman, who's been an absolute champion in getting things this far. It would be wrong for us to not right the wrong for these people who lost their citizenship unfairly.