Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
As we've heard repeatedly tonight, Liberal members have presented a very reasonable subamendment that I hope my colleagues in the opposition will come around to looking at very seriously. I don't think the Conservatives will, but I hope my colleagues in the Bloc and the NDP will. I think it's in line with something that they can certainly get behind. I think it bears repeating, Mr. Chair.
In reviewing the amendment, I understand that the Conservative members were instantly opposed, because it provides the opportunity to get at the truth instead of maybe the narrative they're trying to present. I know that some time has passed since we began discussing the motion earlier. In the meantime, I hope Mr. Julian—I see that he is now back—has been able to review the arguments that were made and will understand this for what it is. It's an amendment that provides procedural fairness to the public servants whose job it is to protect cabinet confidences as well as fairness to the opposition to understand the nature of the redactions. I believe that is ultimately something that the NDP and the Bloc are here to do. There's the idea of fairness that I talked about before. The motion is in that spirit, or at least that's how I read it, and I didn't hear opposition from my Liberal colleagues. I think the NDP and the Bloc ought to give it a second look.
Some time has passed since I read the motion into the record. Just so we're on the same page, let me go back. The subamendment that we are discussing reads as follows—