Mr. Chair, to get back to the Minister's letter, certainly it looks to us, as it is, a contemptuous response, to the work all of the members have done here, on this committee, month after month and year after year.
Mr. Marleau said when he appeared that the responses he had given us were somewhat slight, so it is all the more so. To quote Mr. Marleau, this way of operating and this kind of response to the committee means that Parliament and the work of parliamentarians lacks credibility in the eyes of the public and the taxpayers to whom we are accountable.
This government that was elected fought its election campaign on the greatest possible transparency and openness. Since it was elected, all we have seen is closed doors, limits on access to information, a culture of secrecy and a lack of transparency. We also see an absence of any will to change things and carry out the commitments made.
As far as I'm concerned, I want to move an amendment to the motion, Mr. Szabo.
The last time, it wasn't noted that I wanted to move an amendment. I would therefore like to move an amendment to this motion.