This motion looks a lot like previous motions and incarnations of this motion.
I see it as political theatre, grandstanding, and pretty well anything but a useful exercise of the committee's time.
I notice, first of all, in the motion that he wants it to be televised. I can't imagine why. I guess I'm just an innocent in this game. He then wants the former Minister of Finance, presumably Paul Martin, to be his first witness. Again, I can't imagine why. Then he wants the members of the board of directors of Canada Steamship Lines to be here, and again, I can't imagine why. The members of the board of directors of CSL International.... Do you think there's something going on here? Do you think there's a pattern? And how about André Lareau, a tax lawyer, who's already written in this area, a forensic accountant, and a tax expert, all of whom have previous publications in the area? Apparently not interested in OECD, or their efforts with respect to the whole issue of tax treaties.... He's certainly not inviting any of the CARICOM nations. He's not interested in the Barbados high commissioner, on either side--