Mr. Chair, I did support Mr. Calandra's motion when he brought it to the committee back in December, and I believe this is an important issue.
However, I have struggled for a long time to get the issue of open government onto the agenda of the committee. I have been on the committee longer than some other members, and it kept getting bumped by other things. I am pleased that we've scheduled the study about access to information and the CBC for March 21; I really hesitate on bumping anything from our open government study. There was one witness on open government confirmed for February 16.
Unfortunately, I'm not able to support today's motion to take February 16 to begin the study on the CBC.