Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
It's impossible to address passage of this particular clause without addressing the politics associated with undermining this particular clause. I have reason to believe, and I've been told, that the other opposition parties are conspiring to oppose every amendment on access to information. It's out of protest because they're not getting the entire John Reid package before this committee.
If that is true, and if I yield the floor and allow you to put it to a vote, and these people exercise their vote to undermine and to sabotage the improvements that we do have in front of us for Bill C-2, we'll be doing a disservice to everyone who relies on access to information for—