Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I wasn't really sure. I looked at this because, of course, this is very similar to Mr. Adler's position, and that is that we're already studying exactly what he wants to study. He had the opportunity to bring forward witnesses to testify and for him to ask questions of just like we have today, but he didn't bring them forward. So they wanted the study. I couldn't figure out why that was the case, Mr. Chair, until I did a little digging.
My understanding is—please, correct me if I'm wrong—that the NDP are actually graded on the amount of motions they get passed in this place. They're graded by the party leadership. I'm just thinking to myself. I'm interested in certain testimony, but we already have a process in place for that testimony. Bluntly, Mr. Caron and the other NDP members could have asked for particular witnesses to come here today. They have that ability and they could have put them on the witness list, on the day, in particular, we were studying that part of the act.. But they didn't do so. I was wondering why, as I said.
They're doing it for party leadership and for their own self-promotion. I think that's wrong, Mr. Chair. I wasn't going to raise it as a point of order, but I certainly think it's something that we should consider in this committee in the future, if they're going to compromise our work and indeed waste our time on the basis of their own self-promotion and their own party. I think that's uncalled for and I don't think it's necessary.
I would certainly vote against this particular motion, and I hope my colleagues support me on that.