That's fine. Thank you.
As I was saying, instead of the committee's issuing yet another report—and this committee has issued reports already on the access to information law—Democracy Watch is calling on committee members to take the report and the recommendations that the majority of committee members support and turn them into a co-sponsored private member's bill.
Get things moving.
The Liberal government and cabinet have made it very clear that they're not going to introduce a bill that will close any of the secrecy loopholes, strengthen enforcement or create penalties for violations, so I call on you, as legislators, to act as legislators and co-sponsor a bill together.
I hope you will also take on the issue of the secret lobbying and whistle-blower protection, which isn't strong enough to allow whistle-blowers to report secret wrongdoing or secret investments that are allowed by cabinet ministers and top government officials.
Finally, I urge you all to reconsider and reverse your position on the changes to the Lobbyists' Code of Conduct that will allow for secret fundraising and secret campaigning by lobbyists, and secret gifts as well, worth hundreds of dollars, which will lead to secret problems and secret corruption.
Thank you.