Thank you.
Mr. Chair, we have a process in place that allows the Information Commissioner to carry out these sorts of investigations. All of us on this committee have expressed faith in the existing commissioner by adopting her estimates. It would make sense that we would continue to show that faith by allowing her to complete her investigation. She'll obviously report her findings to this committee.
I would think we'd want to amend the motion either now or later, or bring in a different motion, to add her to the list of witnesses so she could also testify. It would seem to make more sense to do that after she's completed her good work.
We have no reason to distrust her or believe that she would do her work improperly. No member of any party, on the government or opposition side, has suggested that she cannot be trusted to do this work. We should just allow her to complete the study.
This issue will still be here when she's done. It's not as though the end of the world is coming--though I'm not in the business of making those kinds of predictions--and therefore a study will not be permitted.
We do know there will be a day when she will complete her study. At that point this committee could simply carry out a supplementary study, which includes her as a witness, and examine the findings she brings forward.