Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate the comments from Ms. Khalid and Ms. Saks, and I want to thank Mr. Villemure for bringing forward this motion. I think it is an important motion.
We want to make sure the study is very tight in how we approach it. We don't want to be crossing over into the mandates of other committees. The issues around the contracts and immigration are things that will be dealt with by other committees if they so choose. This is very specific about the ethical behaviour of public office holders and how those contracts were awarded. That's what we're going to be digging into here.
I think what Mr. Villemure has brought forward is very succinct. As a committee, we have been very successful, for the most part, in getting reports into the House and good work done. I believe that even though we have the access to information study starting fairly shortly, we can walk and chew gum at the same time. We can run two different studies concurrently. I think we have plenty of time between now and our Christmas break to get this work done.
The Liberals are saying that this is important. I invite them to participate in this, to support it, so we can get moving forward.
Some of the motions Ms. Khalid has put on notice may be successful. Who knows? We have to get them on the floor and have that discussion. There may be time by the end of this meeting for us to have those discussions, if she chooses to move those for further debate.
I think there is a spirit of collaboration around the table. We have shown that in studies over the last few months. I think there is an opportunity here to put together a good report and get down to the bottom of some of the accusations that were made.
Ms. Saks asked why there is an urgency to do it now. There were some accusations made in the media last week that changed the scope of what has been happening down on Roxham Road, and that's why I think we need to look at the behaviour of some public office holders in relation to those contracts.