Thanks, Chair.
I have a lot of respect for the honourable member from the Bloc and I appreciate his bringing these amendments forward. That being said, last night, 12 hours ago, the Canada-China committee started their study on this issue, and one of the things in that motion at the Canada-China committee was looking into the obstacles to obtaining the documents.
Mark Holland, the Minister of Health, appeared last night and he talked about this very issue and why the ad hoc committee was so important. While I appreciate his wanting to bring these amendments and bring this study to the ethics committee, I think it makes more sense for the Canada-China committee to continue their study. The Bloc can certainly put forward to the Canada-China committee any of the witnesses Mr. Villemure has brought forward, and once they've completed their study and done their report, if we're not satisfied with what they've produced, we can always do a further study on it.
I don't think this right now is the right place for it to be and for two committees to be doing concurrent studies, so we won't be supporting your amendments. Perhaps we will support something later on, but I think the right place for this right now is at the Canada-China committee. I think there's good work that could be done there on this very issue.
Thank you, Chair.