I would make an amendment to the motion so that it reads: “That the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food establish a subcommittee on listeriosis; and that the members of the subcommittee be named after the usual consultations with the whips;”--and this is where I would amend it--“that the composition of the subcommittee be proportionally the same as that of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, with the chair being a member of the government.”
On February 12th, 2009. See this statement in context.