Wow, we're really getting off to a start here, aren't we. We're going to try to treat the heritage committee as though it is one of the more contentious committees. We certainly think that this is heavy-handed, extremely unnecessary, and I'd say, frankly bizarre.
With what we've seen from the last vote, I would put it to my colleagues to vote. This is very unnecessary, and it would certainly be an attempt to ram through legislation at times or ram through evidence without giving people proper warning. That certainly sends a wrong signal.
If we're going to work on this committee, and we're going to make this committee work, we have to find some common ground. If we're not going to be finding common ground, then we'll certainly be in a much more combative atmosphere. And I think it wouldn't be in the interests of what this committee has done and what this committee has stood for and the kind of excellent work this committee has done in the last seven years. You would find this committee probably the most productive of the committees that have sat, because year after year we've produced good reports based on the sense that we were going to try to work somewhat as a team.
I think this is an unnecessary motion, and I think it's a rather provocative motion.