I'll begin with an amendment to Madam Freeman's motion. There seems to be an amendment that you might be interested in hearing about. Madam Freeman has proposed that the committee call Mr. Rob Walsh, and my amendment changes the name “Rob Walsh” and replaces it with “Minister John Baird”.
I'm going to begin by speaking to my amendment, Mr. Chair. I'm going to read from chapter 1, “Parliamentary Institutions”. This is in the House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition, 2009.