Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The motion is, “That, in light of the unprecedented and complex issues associated with the declaration of a public order emergency, and with a view to discharging adequately its serious responsibilities, the committee requires the assistance of legal expertise, independent of the Government of Canada, to be provided by a lawyer who is well versed in emergencies law and who is thoroughly familiar with national security and intelligence concerns, and, therefore, retains the services of a lawyer who satisfies these criteria, to be chosen by the committee, as legal counsel on such terms as agreed by the committee.”
Mr. Chair, I can speak to it after your—