Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As I said at the outset, I'm sorry that the government has chosen to delay the witnesses by bringing this motion forward at the beginning of the meeting rather than at the end, but the reality is that if the intent is to have a study—if that's the intent of Mr. Calkins—we support it. If the attempt is to smear members of Parliament, who have apologized for their comments, we do not support it. I guess Mr. Calkins needs to make that choice.
If he is proposing a study that looks at the issue of Alberta's energy sector and the energy sector across the country, we're on board. If it's going to be used as a witch hunt to attack members of Parliament, the reality is, as I think Mr. McKay's amendment shows, that all of us live in glass houses. Rather than impugning any members of Parliament for anything they have said—since all parties have comments that perhaps they would want to take back—I think that as the natural resources committee it is fundamentally important for us to show political maturity and leadership and bring forward a motion that actually tackles what we need to tackle, which is energy policy looking forward.
If that's the intent—to do a study—then I think, Mr. Chair, that these amendments should be met with unanimous support. If the intent is to attack members of Parliament, then obviously the government has other motivations, but I'm certainly hoping that they will support these amendments.