We have a conundrum here. Mr. Hawn wants to begin this study without delay and his motion also says it's of immediate concern and primary importance.
Well, I can tell Mr. Hawn and the whole committee that as far as I'm concerned, as long as the government continues to prevent this committee from pursuing the study it's determined to undertake into Afghan detainees--which it had to do because the government refuses to hold a public inquiry--then we have to pursue it.
We had 2,500 documents tabled in the House today--still censored. We have an ongoing challenge in the House, which I hope will be resolved very soon by the Speaker, which may allow us to undertake the study. But if we get into that, there is no telling how long it's going to take or how quickly we can resolve it.
So I don't want to have a motion that somebody can wave around at any given time that says, “Hey, look, we've agreed this is of immediate concern and primary importance and we've agreed to study this.” But I do agree with Mr. Wilfert that we can, throughout the course of the next while, give consideration, as we have today, to the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.
We can leave it to the chair to interpret what the result of that motion is--