Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
With due respect to all responsible members' efforts to be prompt and on time at committee meetings, this motion would actually render the committee unable to commence should a member of the Liberal Party, for some unforeseen reason.... It's wintertime, and they could slip and fall. Who knows? We couldn't actually commence the committee meetings if the member from the Liberal Party wasn't present, and there is only one member of the Liberal Party, so you would have all of the committee meetings effectively held hostage by the schedule of the Liberal member who might be attending that day.
I respect why it was brought forward and I understand why it was brought forward, but I would encourage members to vote against it.
Thank you.