Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I think the amendment put forward by Mr. Van Kesteren is fatuous. I think it's frivolous and I think it might even be malicious and vexatious, because it's designed, clearly, to be an obstacle and a barrier to getting down to the business of this committee.
I question his motivation and I challenge it, because he, of all people, should know as a government-side member that the report everybody's making reference to is in the public domain. A stamp on the front page says, “Document released under the Access to Information Act”--a long time ago.
They're the government, Mr. Chair. For them to say we have to delay or even put a shroud of secrecy over the testimony because they haven't seen this document that everybody and their grandmother has read a dozen times--except for the government-side members--is atrocious.
Mr. Chair, this is in the public domain. Everyone should have a copy if they're paying attention to this issue. It's stamped clearly “Document released under the Access to Information Act”--.