Well, there is the motion that I am moving. There's also the letter from the minister in which he says he would like to meet with us to discuss this legislation. There's also the discussion paper “Strengthening the Access to Information Act” which was distributed on April 11, at the same time and along with Bill C-2.
We need to look at this at the same time, but it all points in the same direction, namely the tabling of a bill. No doubt that's up to the Justice Minister, since he's the one who wrote to say he wanted to meet with the committee. When he does, perhaps he could bring along the draft legislation. That would give us something concrete to discuss, unlike recent years where we've...
As I said earlier, a number of committee meetings have been held. The committee has also carried out some studies. A Senate committee has also explored this issue. We now have the Information Commissioner's paper which represents a response to the government's action plan. I think all of the documents tend to lean the same way, that is they advocate in favour of a bill. That's pretty much where we stand at the present time.
Perhaps our Conservative Party colleagues could let us know if their wish is to put the committee on hold until Bill C-2 is adopted, even if that means revisiting this matter later?
If that's indeed what they want, if that is their priority or strategy, then they should be honest with us, so that we can act accordingly. However, if that's not what they want, if they truly want to translate their words into action, then by all means, have a bill drafted and bring it to the committee table so that we have something to sink our teeth into, rather than just empty words or good intentions that lead nowhere.
Would you care to share your strategy with us? If it's your intention to have Bill C-2 on accountability eventually adopted, then we'll know better what we're doing here. Instead of sitting for three hours on Monday, we could perhaps focus on something a little more interesting.