I am quite taken aback by Mr. Poilievre's comments, who asked several times who would be interested in hearing such a witness as Mr. Kenney. This is not the first time I hear Mr. Poilievre say something like that.
The fact is that our committee, the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, must look into situations we have to object to. With the current Conservative government, we can't just move past this incident and pretend like nothing had happened because an apology was produced.
I also partly agree with Mr. Siksay who reminded us that, in this committee, we had a vary difficult time getting witnesses to appear last spring. It was like pulling teeth. This committee has a hard time getting to the bottom of things.
However, I don't agree that we should forget about the appearance of such an important witness simply because the Conservative party and government try to prevent us from hearing witnesses and getting to the bottom of things. Just because they are constantly doing this, it does not mean we will stop protesting against these actions and making sure that everything is done the way it should be.
So, I will support Mr. Easter's motion and I believe that the witness needs to appear before the committee.