Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a problem with the early bullets of this motion. I would like to speak to that.
We know that under the act there will be an inquiry. The scope of the inquiry is very broad and defined to look at many of the circumstances of certainly the first three bullets, as well as the others.
My reading of the act is that this parliamentary committee has as its focus the implementation and actions taken under the Emergencies Act, not a review of the legitimacy of either the government's invocation of the act or Parliament's vote on the act.
I'm reasonably comfortable with the last three items, but I think the first three intrude on the jurisdiction of the inquiry. I think our work would be helped if the government were to announce the inquiry soon, so that the scope of its work could be clearly defined and our work could be complementary to that.
I'm afraid that we are tilling more than our mandate with this motion.