I find this request of the parliamentary secretary really strange. In my view, all hearings, for that matter, should be televised, but when this committee debates just a simple motion, even to invite the minister to come to committee, the government members vote it in camera and disallow that information to be debated in public.
So I find this remarkably strange that when one of their own is on the stand, and they're talking about victims rights and so on, the parliamentary secretary comes forward and talks about.... It's not a government bill, but by the sound of the parliamentary secretary, it may be in a roundabout way.
In any event, I'm in favour of having the meeting public, but I would hope that the parliamentary secretary, the next time we debate a motion, will also see fit to have that meeting in public.