Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I do have a motion that has been sent to the clerk and I believe also to the P9s of members of the committee. It's a housekeeping issue. I think we've all received correspondence on some of the frustrations people are having around the scheduling.
Before I move this motion, for those who are watching, I want to say that this is not in any way, shape or form reflective of our clerk's attempts and abilities to schedule people. This is not in any way, shape or form an attempt to minimize the study or to undervalue the expert testimony. This is just a situation we have that's seasonal.
Mr. Chair, the motion is as follows:
That, in order to allow for witnesses to be scheduled with sufficient notice and time for preparation, the committee pause its study on the Access to Information until January 30, 2023; and, that the committee invite the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, and the Information Commissioner of Canada to appear as part of a committee study on supplementary estimates (B) 2022-23; and that the commissioners appear at committee no later than December 6, 2022.
For obvious reasons, Mr. Chair, we need to have the supplementary estimates dealt with here. This would be a good opportunity to invite these folks while we allow our clerk to go out across the country and adequately schedule subject matter expertise for our ATIP study in a way that I think is reflective of the seriousness and importance of the study.