Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will pick up where I left off.
Obviously, this is an issue we must be concerned about. I, too, walked away feeling uncomfortable after our meeting with the witnesses. It was obvious. I even said I was embarrassed. How are we supposed to finish our work after what we learned during the study we began on Pornhub? I am genuinely concerned, which is why I am very amenable to amending the motion. I know full well that we could spend a lot more time on Pornhub. We nevertheless have to work on the questions of conflict of interest and lobbying report, which will take at least two meetings. I keep thinking about the schedule.
What we are missing to get to the bottom of the matter and see the study through, as proposed in the motion and amendment, is time. I'm wondering whether we should go ahead with the meeting and put off finalizing the report again, or perhaps deal with the other reports to give us a bit of leeway to finalize this one.
That is why I am very uneasy about voting. I would support an amendment to put it off until we've finished with the other two reports. That way, we could get the work done. That does not mean I don't fully support broadening the study to cover elements we did not have in mind initially. We are well aware that it's important to go deeper.
Mr. Chair, I am not moving this formally, but the report on questions of conflict of interest and lobbying is clearly a priority. We should deal with that first, before the report on the Pornhub study or anything else. Now, I'm at a loss for arguments, perhaps because I don't have as much experience. We need to draft the report on the protection of privacy and reputation on online platforms such as Pornhub, but this adds the dark web to the mix. That involves the heritage committee and a number of others. Eventually, we have to finish the work.
If you are telling me that we absolutely need to have this meeting and that the analysts will be able to draft the final report for our review, I have no problem with that. Otherwise, I would move an amendment to have the committee examine the whole issue only once the other reports have been dealt with.