I think we need to move forward because we have a lot of work to do, and I can see we're starting to get locked down. I don't want to return.
On the issue of writing letters to the three men, I agree with my colleague Mr. Barrett. It does start to set a dangerous precedent that we are writing letters to people instead of having them testify. That will be used as a precedent in the future.
My suggestion as a compromise would be that we call Ben Chin because he was named in the testimony last week. Rick Theis and Amitpal Singh are in the documents. From what I heard there was nothing new from the Kielburger testimony that makes me think we're going to learn something else. I think that we need to clear up this LinkedIn message. The answer to Mr. Kielburger struck me as odd; it may be very straightforward. I imagine it probably is.
I would suggest as an amendment to the amendment that the committee call Ben Chin and we leave out Rick Theis and Amitpal Singh. Therefore we're just responding to the testimony we heard and we're getting clarification. We could have that done by Friday, as Mr. Barrett says. We could get our instructions and we could start to move on, The issue of the Pornhub study is vitally important. I urge my colleagues to read all the letters and presentations that are being sent to us. This is not just in Canada; people around the world are watching. It is incumbent upon us to finish this. To Mr. Fergus who has been my biggest supporter in trying to get this facial recognition technology study done, I have put in my witnesses; I hope other people do. I am ready to move on that at any time.
I would amend the amendment so we call Ben Chin.