As I've been starting off a lot lately, when we last left our superheroes, the meeting had been suspended to be resumed today.
Before we begin, I do want to make a couple of comments.
We're coming into our 12th hour of debating a motion. Many of you have seen the motion. There's an amendment on the floor right now that we have been debating for the better part of 12 hours. I want us to start this meeting with clear heads.
We're on the amendment to remove the last line of the motion. Throughout the course of what's been going on, Conservative members have indicated that they will support this and with the numbers, the amendment will pass, so there's no need to filibuster that part of the motion. I sense as well that there is concern about the part of the motion particularly with respect to the executives—I got that sense throughout the course of the debate over the last 12 hours—and that it may, in fact, include the minister's wife.
I think Mr. Barrett the other day made it very clear that there is no intention to invite the minister's wife to this committee. The motion talks about Mr. Imbleau and executives from Alto. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. When this motion was first drafted, and I think Mr. Barrett referred to this the other day, or may not have, it did include the minister's wife. I know that Mr. Barrett pushed back on that and did not see the need to have the minister's wife there, so that's why it's not in the motion. I believe that at some point, when we get there, we can remove the part that refers to the executives with an amendment when we get to the main motion. That may solve the issue, even before it's discussed. It may.
Given the fact that the Conservatives have already indicated, and the numbers are there, that they will support the amendment, and given the fact that the Liberals have expressed concern about that part of what I referred to as the executives, and that could in fact be removed when we get to the main motion, I am going to leave this to the parties to discuss and find a solution to end this 12-hour filibuster impasse. If one is not found, then we will continue, so I'm looking for some good faith here.
What I'm going to do is suspend this meeting. I'm going to ask the parties to talk this out, and if there's no resolution to be found, then you can come back to me and say so, and then we'll be here until however long we have resources.
The meeting is suspended.