Mr. Chair, through you to Mr. van Koeverden, thanks for the amendment.
I do favour the idea of reporting to the House and having the government table a written response, but really the goal here is to try to build support around the table to get this motion passed and to speak as a committee. If Mr. van Koeverden feels that striking the one clause of the motion will bring him on board and allow him and his colleagues to support the motion, I'm happy to do that.
I think the important thing is that we have the debate and that, as a committee, we're able to express it to the government, even if we're not tabling it in the House formally. I would hope that they're listening intently to our deliberations today. Of course, we have the parliamentary secretary here contributing to that debate. I think that's the key thing.
I'm happy to either accept it as a friendly amendment, or we can vote on it. Maybe a vote would be more appropriate, Mr. Chair.