Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Given the timing and the difficulties that we've had with presenting this report back to Parliament, which I think is something we all want to do, I've had conversations with some of the members here about the importance of being forward-looking in what we present to Parliament. I think that this particular information that Mr. Ruff has asked for is important, but I don't think it should be cause for us to hold back our report.
Therefore, I would suggest an amendment, Chair, that the motion end with a period after “from the respective departments to the Afghanistan committee.” That means we would remove the words “for inclusion in the report back to the House by the 8th of June, 2022”.
The reason I do that is simply so that we won't hold up the report and that we will be able to still table a report if those documents are not available—and I don't want to presume that they're not—but that way, I think we're honouring the spirit of Mr. Ruff's motion while at the same time being respectful of the tight timelines that we do have now. I'm just trying to incorporate what other speakers have said while at the same time honouring what Mr. Ruff is trying to do, so I would suggest that the motion be amended to end after the word “committee” by removing “for inclusion in the report due back in the House by the 8th of June, 2022”, Chair.
You're on mute, Chair. I can't hear you.