Thank you.
I think we can work this out. I do have to say, from that last meeting I felt very uncomfortable with this committee, because we said we were going to make a safe space for survivors and that didn't happen. I also feel that we have to be really careful about what it is and how we're talking about it because, for the survivors who came to us, we said that we would hear their stories with respect and that did not happen. I would also say some of those witnesses, to me, were gaslighting the survivors whom we heard from. We heard some really horrific testimony.
If I am to support Mr. Dong's amendment.... I've spoken with Ms. Lukings and I think she's really articulate on this and would be very helpful, but his amendment is about the dark web. If the witnesses we are going to agree on are experts on the dark web, I'm open to that.
Then I think we're going to have to close off this study, because time is ticking on this Parliament. If members want to use that as a way to bring in other witnesses who have other points of view, I've been on the phone with women dealing with Pornhub from Spain, Italy, Colombia, eastern Europe, Nigeria. They would love to speak to this committee, so if we're going to open it up, then I say to really open it up or we're going to actually get this thing finalized.
I think Mr. Guilbeault is important because we were told by Mr. Blair that the government is introducing legislation and Canadian Heritage is the lead, so we need to hear from them. If we heard from Mr. Guilbeault for an hour and we heard from experts on the dark net, including Ms. Lukings, and maybe, as Madam Shanahan said, someone from the RCMP who deals with this, or some expert, Project P perhaps, then I think we'd be in a situation where we could finalize this report.
If that's the agreement, I'm ready to put it to a vote at any time. I know Mrs. Shanahan has another motion that we have to vote on and time is ticking, so I'm ready to vote now, if that's the agreement.