Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and congratulations on becoming the chair of this committee.
I support the motion, but it's unfortunate that the NDP have taken the tack they have in making this such a partisan motion. That's one of the problems with this committee. It is politically charged. This committee has been politically charged over the years, hence the reason we have gone in camera so often.
There's a saying that you attract more with honey than you do with vinegar. This is an opportunity. We have new players and some returning faces around the committee table, as well as the motion itself, and I do think this could be a goodwill gesture for how this committee operates.
One thing I'd like to see added to the motion, or given some consideration, is technical briefings. I can remember one time in the last year when we had a very good in camera session with a technical briefing by one of our commissioners. We were studying one of our reports and we could go in camera and speak freely and ask sometimes stupid questions, because we didn't want to ask stupid questions in public meetings. That was actually a very good example of how in camera meetings work. I thought that was a very good opportunity.
We should look at adding such technical briefings at which we can dive into some of the nitty-gritty in a piece of legislation in such a non-partisan manner.
In closing, I'll be voting yes to this motion. I cannot vote no to secrecy any more.