I think that Mr. Siksay raises a lot of good arguments in his presentation. It's already on the record that I don't believe that this is a motion that falls within the mandate of this committee, but I respect the fact that the chair has ruled to allow the debate to proceed even though I think he had some sympathy with my observation.
All of that being said, if the purpose of this motion is to ensure that public funds are not used for partisan purposes, I think that we can be consistent by ensuring that the resources of this committee are not used for strictly partisan purposes.
I would like to propose a subamendment that would remove the word “Conservative” and add “public office holders past and present”. So after the words “public office holders” you'd have “past and present”. The purpose would be that we would study the actions of all public office holders, not just those today.
Now, that doesn't exclude the possibility that Conservatives could be invited.