Sure. I can give some context too.
The committee members have heard me talk about this motion before. We tried to construct it in such a way as to take any partisanship out if it or any angle out of it. It is certainly on the minds of Canadians I've talked to and Canadian businesses I've talked to. It is the state of affairs, the both positive and negative impacts on the resource sector prices that we've seen, particularly oil, but others as well.
I come from a mining sector in northern B.C., and we've seen a dramatic change in the prices. I know Mr. Cannan as well would...aside from wine there are some other things that happen or don't happen. An understanding of where the Canadian economy is would be appropriate. I'm glad about the government's enthusiasm for the PBO report and the veracity of their undertakings. It's a good tone.
Mr. Brison—and I know he's not here today—had some notions about amending it. We are of course open to amendments.
As well, not to speak too much to Mr. Saxton's motion that's coming, but I know that at a public safety meeting a motion almost identical to this has been moved to look at the terrorist financing issue, which I know is important to the government and obviously to the minister who sent us a letter. We try to do give and take. We talked—Mr. Keddy was in that conversation before—in terms of how the committee structures itself and what our agenda is. We think this is a high priority for Canadians and a high priority for the government.
I want to emphasize that we've tried to construct this in such a way that it will be informative to members of the committee and all parliamentarians. More broadly, we want the Canadian public and Canadian businesses to understand what the impacts are going to be of what seems to be a relatively stable price on oil, as well as the impacts we're hearing about in the manufacturing sector.
It's a repetition of a pitch I've made to members before. I know the Liberals have expressed support before. We look forward to doing this and getting on with the work.