If I understand this motion correctly, any member of the committee will be able to write a dissenting opinion, which means that we could have more than one dissenting opinion per party. I think that perhaps a slight change is needed. We could have up to six dissenting opinions per committee report. I do not want to move an amendment; I would prefer to discuss whether it might perhaps be more logical to have one dissenting opinion per party rather than one per committee member. That is my position. Basically, this motion allows us to apply a rule that already exists. I am not opposed to the motion; I just want to bring to your attention the fact that it opens the door to a number of dissenting opinions when, as a principle, there should only be one dissenting opinion per political party. If the Bloc Québécois wants to file a dissenting opinion, no problem. But we do not want there to be six or seven dissenting opinions.
On February 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.