Thank you, colleagues. Thank you, Mr. Clerk.
The order of business for today, after the election of the chair, is committee business.
Is it the will of the committee to go in camera, or do you want to do this publicly?
Everybody's okay with it in public then? Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have four notices of motion before us, and the proponents of all four are here. I've taken a look at the motions, and I want to remind you of the bullet points for committee business. However, if we deal with the motions, it may obviate the need to deal with some of the bullet points. I wanted to offer a suggestion on how to deal with the four motions, and I hope the committee will agree.
Three of the motions arise out of the same subject matter, namely, the motions of Mr. Zed, Mr. Kenney, and Mr. Martin. Having examined the motions, I think the motion of Mr. Kenney is the broadest motion and I would suggest that we deal with the motion of Mr. Kenney first. The reason is that if it were passed it would not be necessary to deal with the two motions by Mr. Zed and Mr. Martin. If it isn't passed, then we can go to each of those individually and have whatever debate we need.
Madame Lavallée's motion, in effect, springs from the appearance of Minister Toews last summer, and also from a letter that Mr. Wallace sent to the minister, the subject matter being the same. I feel we should deal with that motion after the motion of Mr. Kenney. Because it deals with access, it also deals with one of the bullet points.
Mr. Kenney, are you prepared to move your motion?