Thank you.
I appreciate the spirit in which the amendment by my colleague Mr. Green was brought forward, but I have to say that I couldn't disagree more.
There is a cloud of suspicion hanging over this Liberal government. There is a cloud of suspicion over this minister. I think after today's meeting, where I think Canadians were hoping to get some light and some answers, there are even more questions to be asked. For us to wait until September 16, two months from now, to get the answers to these questions I think would undermine the credibility of our government. It would undermine the credibility of this cabinet minister, who I'm sure, if he truly is innocent, would like the truth to get out as quickly as possible.
It would be my hope that committee members would support our original motion by voting against this amendment so that we can get this meeting within the next 21 days, deal with the very important questions that have been raised at this committee today and truly get to the bottom of this very suspicious affair.
Thank you.