Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, everyone. It's difficult for me to speak after Mr. Baker's very strong and heartfelt speech.
I first want to greet Mr. Turnbull and congratulate him on his new position, which brings him to join our committee.
As several colleagues have said, I hope we can get back to clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C‑59. I'm thinking in particular of all the senior public servants who are here today. We shouldn't hold them up too long unnecessarily.
I have great respect for Mr. Carney, who was Governor of the Bank of Canada and then Governor of the Bank of England. I always wish we could hear from him in committee, so I support the proposal to invite him to testify.
On the other hand, I'd like to say to my NDP colleague that he'd have my agreement if he ever suggested that the committee invite Jim Stanford. He's been here a few times too. It's always interesting to hear him talk about all the economic issues.
So I'm in favour of the motion for the reason I've just mentioned, not for the reasons raised by the Conservatives. However, I will be against the amendment, because I don't think it's useful at this time to send a subpoena to Mr. Carney to force him to come and testify for four hours.
That's my position.