I'll speak to the amendment, Mr. Chair, but my original raised hand was to speak about the main motion.
I'm going to ask MP Ste-Marie to repeat.
I totally sympathize when suddenly the parliamentary secretary puts forward a motion effectively programming the committee. A lot actually happens in my mind. Immediately I say, “What, isn't this the government that promised they were going to free up the independence of committees by removing parliamentary secretaries from their proceedings?”
Of course, we know that they actually don't like the outcomes that happen with many promises, so where we are today, Mr. Chair, is right back to a parliamentary secretary actually programming the who, what, when, where and why. We all know the “why”: It's because he's in a mood, and so is his minister, to see this BIA study done in a way that fits their timetable, not with the proper scrutiny such a large piece of legislation deserves.
Again, to MP Ste-Marie, I concur that there are some concerns here with the government suddenly bulldozing in with this approach.
If he could please name the committees individually, and name the ones he would like it split out to, and then maybe give a few—