Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to congratulate my good friend Mr. Van Kesteren for bringing this identity theft issue to the committee. I'm sure he's well aware that we almost unanimously voted to work on this issue. I don't think there's any member on this committee who feels this is not an important issue to Canadians. That's why I and all other members voted for it.
On the issue that Madame Lavallée brought in, when I look at elected representatives bringing an issue to the committee, for the last four weeks she has been trying to put this on the agenda and this has been filibustered every time.
Mr. Stanton said we have a busy agenda ahead of us. Then why don't we just take a vote on this? We all know that the Globe and Mail has access to this report without the whitewash. Mr. Martin has said that the government keeps changing its story every day. It is all about accountability and transparency; it is not about embarrassing the government. I personally feel that we should vote on this and let it go. This has been lingering for the last four weeks.
I remember when I was in private business, if I had a motion like this lingering for four weeks it would affect my company. I think Canadians want to see the truth come out. Let's vote on the motions by Madame Lavallée and Mr. Wallace, have a discussion here, and get back to the identity theft issue.