All right, so this is an ongoing study. It's well on its way. The minister is coming on Thursday, I would think. It's a normal practice of the committee for members to prepare for such an appearance. The effect of this motion is to upend the work the committee is already doing, yet in no way would it prevent members from asking questions about what appear to me to be very random names.
I don't know if Mr. Cooper is going to provide us with background information on what is driving him. Aside from the litany of the best hits, maybe some informative information would be helpful to the other members who are here, because, of course, we all have a concern with anything having to do with a conflict of interest or ethics.
However, primarily, I would say...and I'll have to ask the analysts again.
Have we heard from the Commissioner of Conflict of Interest and Ethics on this issue? We have. We have heard from Mr. von Finckenstein? Again, this motion seems to have come out of nowhere. It's not something we've had a chance to discuss.
I don't know if the chair is open to doing another time out, but honestly, I am in no position to support this motion at this time. I wonder if there are other members who agree that there are many ways to address this issue. Dropping random motions on this committee doesn't seem to make any sense to me.
I'll leave it at that.