I don't have a problem with trying to get a report out in early, mid, or late fall. I would, however, like to make sure that we have proceeded with due diligence and that we have had access to the evidence, which, in theory, has been passed on to us. There is much to be gleaned from these documents.
I would remind you that the committee's mandate is to examine the manner in which the powers pursuant to the declaration of emergency were exercised.
I had a quick skim through and found several documents describing how certain situational, intervention and daily reports evolved. There is also a document on the agreement reached with the mayor of Ottawa, which describes how, as part of that agreement, some of the protesters were pushed back.
In addition, I found several documents on questions asked of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP, prepared before February 14, the title of which is “Questions for the RCMP”. We may not have access to the answers to those questions, but we will have the subject matter.
Some documents are extremely relevant to our mandate, and I think we would be doing the public a disservice if we produced a report without even looking at the documents at our disposal.
Let's do the job right. We need to at least look at those documents and continue to work on our report and try to get it finished for the fall.