Mr. Chair, it's important not to put the cart before the horse.
We haven't yet completed the work that's before us. We haven't yet decided how we'll modify the report or what instructions we'll send to the analysts who will be responsible for writing the report. Nor have we read many of the documents, because we haven't yet received them. There are hundreds of pages that we haven't yet received in both official languages. It's strange that we're skipping all these stages to debate Mr. Fortin's motion. We can deal with Mr. Fortin's motion once we have all the documents and are ready to begin that debate.
I find this a little unusual. Before we begin debating a motion such as the one moved by Mr. Fortin, it's important that we've received all the documents, that we've studied them and that we've given instructions to the analysts.
Once all of this is done, we can draw a conclusion. However, by skipping these steps, we could make mistakes. Some of the information in the missing documents may give us an opportunity to reconsider Mr. Fortin's motion.