Mr. Chair, I want to thank the clerk and all the people who were involved in the translation.
I want to apologize to my honourable colleague Mr. Villemure for not having prepared this document in both official languages. This is a failure on my part and I won't make the same mistake in the future.
You have all seen the amendments that the clerk emailed to us. You can see that, as Ms. Khalid and Ms. Hepfner said, I'm just trying to clarify Mr. Villemure's motion, not change it.
I want to specifically echo what he just said. He doesn't want to oppose anything merely on principle. He wants to get to the bottom of things. Once he's satisfied that the data is de‑identified, the committee should move on.
I move that the tender not be re‑offered until the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics reports to the House that it's satisfied that the privacy of Canadians won't be unduly affected, and that the committee report its findings to the House, and so on.
My goal is to clarify Mr. Villemure's intentions, which I believe represent the consensus of all committee members.
I want to hear my colleague's thoughts. I don't want to take any more time. I hope that he'll find that my remarks align with his intentions.