Thank you, Mr. Chair.
For starters, this is a very interesting proposal coming from a very reasonable man, but I wonder how effective we would be.
What's our effectiveness?
If jurisdictions are not respected, and if the timing isn't right, we run the risk of
wasting our time and not focusing on the things we can actually get done.
As an MP, personally speaking, I increasingly find that what I say no to is more important than what I say yes to. I think that as a committee we have to resist the temptation of diving into something that indeed is interesting to all of us, I know, but is not our focus and is beyond what our steering committee has set up.
If we finish the things that have already been scheduled, we'll have accomplished much, and if we spread ourselves thinly by immediately getting distracted by an issue over which we may have no influence, it will be a shame. So I would respectfully suggest that we not adopt this resolution.