I know where I stand.
I'm prepared to vote against Mr. Brison's motion. We've made a commitment. The parliamentary secretary made a commitment to bring officials here.
We have an answer back that these are cabinet confidences. That was the response we got based on the motions that were passed. He doesn't like it, he doesn't approve of it. He was the minister at one time himself. I'm sure there were times when there were things discussed in his cabinet that were confidential. He would not have wanted those expressed at committee. We have offered to bring staff here to explain why they are cabinet confidences and what the ramifications would be. They're not interested in that. The story we hear is that they want Parliament to work and work together, but they don't want to hear arguments. If they don't like the answers, they don't want to know why those answers are there.
I think we should just vote on this. Our side will likely be voting this down, and not supporting his motion, and that will be the end of the day.
Thank you.