Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I was a lawyer for a lot of years. I think a number of people on this committee were as well. I always noticed that when a lawyer said, “with the greatest of respect”, what was about to follow was generally anything but respectful. Similarly, in politics, when someone says, “we're not being partisan”, pretty much what follows after that, in my experience, has been extraordinarily partisan.
I would really like this finance committee to focus on the work that I think Canadians expect us to focus on. I want to thank Mr. Chambers for bringing forth his motion. Listening to everybody here, I know that all of us care deeply about money laundering and terrorist financing, and there's an appropriate place to get to that.
I will address my comments briefly, if I can, Mr. Chair, to the subamendment. I note, by the way, that the subamendment doesn't speak—