I'm going to vote against this motion as well.
I've been a member of the Standing Committee on Environment for 12 years. And we have never called upon outside services. We should undertake a process to determine who the consultant should be. It's as though we were claiming that consultants were automatically independent. I believe that the Library of Parliament and its researchers do independent work.
I believe this is Parliament's responsibility. We have the necessary resources. So it will be very hard for me to support this motion.