Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Holder is correct: the witnesses whose names we submitted to the clerk all came before the committee. Mr. Holder is right in what he mentioned about the witness list, absolutely.
The reason I'm bringing this motion forward is that I think it should be clear to all of us, after the testimony we've heard from those witnesses, that we need to suspend our consideration of the implementation legislation around this agreement.
I'll read my motion, Mr. Chair:
That the Standing Committee on International Trade suspend its review of Bill C-46 until the government of Panama signs a tax information exchange agreement with Canada and commits Panama to take effective measures with respect to tax evasion and money laundering.
I will speak to that relatively briefly, Mr. Chair. As you know, I could bring a lot of information to this table. I'm sure the members have all reviewed the witnesses' testimony that we've had, so I won't need to make a long speech, but I do have some points I'd like to bring up.