Madam Chair, once again, Ms. Ashton comes to us with surprises at the end of the meeting. There would be a lot to discuss on this motion, and I would be more than willing to do that at the appropriate time.
I have very serious concerns about this motion.
On the one hand, an investigation and a report were done. Ms. Ashton's motion refers to some 900 Nazis, whereas some places are saying 800. That being said, were these individuals Nazis? That's not necessarily the case. The investigation revealed that, on the contrary, in the vast majority of cases, there was no reason to suspect them at all, and they were exonerated immediately.
On the other hand, among the issues I'm raising now, let's talk about the people who were investigated after the Deschênes commission. I think there were very few, just a few dozen, and they were exonerated. They didn't see fit to go any further.
Today, however, the motion calls for the disclosure of the names of those 800 or 900 people who are most likely dead today, in the vast majority of cases. Their descendants are surely very well integrated and have nothing to do with anything their parents or grandparents might have done wrong. I think this is extremely sensitive. Ms. Ashton has come to us with this motion at the end of the meeting, when it would probably require a slightly more informed and less rushed debate.
So I'm extremely uncomfortable with this motion that's coming to us—and I'm not sure why—when we're discussing CBC/Radio-Canada.