Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I have reviewed this report and the study in the 43rd Parliament and have just a few numbers. There were 116 pages in the report, which I read for the first time over the weekend because I wasn't a member of this committee in the last Parliament. Two supplementary or dissenting reports were added. Thirty-four witnesses appeared. There were 25 two-hour meetings, so over 50 hours of study from July 30, 2020, until the report was presented in the House on June 10, 2021, which was 315 days, almost 10 and a half months. There were 23 recommendations.
Unfortunately, there was harassment and a large number of death threats of the witnesses who appeared at this committee.
Mr. Chair, I don't want us to continue this conversation any longer. We have put forward those recommendations, and ultimately, what we're really seeking here is a response from the government with respect to the study that the previous committee members spent so much time going over and on which witnesses spent so much time giving their expertise and then also were harassed by the public.
I would like to propose an amendment to this motion, if that is okay with you, Mr. Chair. I'm not sure how this process would work, but I will read it out in total. I propose that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics request: (a) that the government table a comprehensive response to the report entitled “Questions of Conflict of Interest and Lobbying in Relation to Pandemic Spending”, originally adopted as the committee's second report in the second session of the 43rd Parliament; and (b) that the response to the report be tabled no later than June 17, 2022.
Procedurally I could read out what would be deleted and what would be added, if that's okay.