No, that's fair. I promise I'll bring some new points in my argument.
I want to thank all my colleagues for their patience. I want to take a few moments to speak on the amended motion before us today.
I have to admit that I was pretty surprised that this motion, or some version of it, was before us again. To be fair, I thought after the defeat of the motion last week, and again yesterday, we might finally be moving on from this matter to things that are important to my constituents, and important to average Canadians, given that COVID-19 is on hand and there's quite a bit of stuff we can discuss.
I can talk about anti-Asian racism. That's still at the top of my mind and the mind of many other Canadians across the country. We've seen increased violence and just chaos taking place in different parts of the world. But it is what it is.
Chair, before getting to that, I must say that I have some concerns—