Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Madam Fortier.
I have a great deal of respect for my colleague, who has a lot of family in my region in northern Ontario. However, it is clear that Mrs. Fortier's appearance is not necessary today.
The committee is focused on very specific questions to very specific witnesses. We are in the final stages. I would like to be at the report stage of our findings. I don't think that Madam Fortier's presence here will help us. She wasn't involved in the questions that we are seeing. With all due respect, I don't think it is necessary for her to be here.
As for Mr. Fortin's motion, I'm very interested in it. However, I just received a new copy, and the language has changed from what I thought we were going to be debating. I would prefer not to move ahead with that motion until I have perhaps the law clerk's interpretation, but I would like to make sure that if we are moving a motion to the House, that we have done it with due diligence. At this last minute, I can't move forward with Mr. Fortin's motion until my team has at least had a chance to look at the implications.