Mr. Abbott said this was rather difficult. It's triply difficult for me.
First, the same reasons as Mr. Abbott has apply to me as well. On those issues, we've had a real collegiality and done some interesting work. Second, it is difficult because it was moved by a colleague. Third, it moves us into something I'm not sure we agreed on. Here is where it gets tricky. In the amendment, we're talking about a report on museum policy. I've brought this up before, Mr. Chairman, as you may recall.
I have not signed on to a committee working towards a report on museum policy. I might, but for that to be the case, we as a group would need to know what we want to achieve and how we mean to achieve it. We have not had that discussion. So far, it's been haphazard. I need to be convinced that this is the appropriate forum. The amendment forces me towards accepting by stealth, if you will, that we are in the midst of a museum policy review, which we have not determined as a group.
Having said that, I understand where it's coming from and I share the same sense as everybody else does. A useful procedural rule would be for one of us, for me, to move that this be tabled until such time as our committee considers a report on a museum policy. This does not kill it. It keeps it there. We could then deal with it from a policy-driven angle, as opposed to saying, this is what we want to do. These kinds of decisions, in my humble opinion, should flow from a policy framework, which we have yet to adopt.
I'm getting a lot of nods on that side. I'm not sure if I'm getting any on this side. If this were to be helpful, Mr. Chairman—and I'm looking to you for guidance—I'd be prepared to move that this be tabled until such time as the committee considers a report on the museum policy. This leaves it open, because we may or may not do it. I'm being very upfront on this.
Thank you.