I'm just providing notice. If I may, I'll quickly read it into the record:
That the Committee immediately begin an examination of the library closure at the Pacific Region Headquarters Library, Vancouver; the Pacific Biological Station Library, Nanaimo; the Eric Marshall Aquatic Research Library, Winnipeg; the Maurice Lamontagne Institute Library, Mont-Joli; the Mere Juliette Library of the Gulf Fisheries Centre, Moncton; the St, Andrews Biological Station Library, St. Andrews; and the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre Library, St. John's, based on accusations that the Department of Fisheries & Oceans destroyed valuable and irreplaceable research, including research papers that were thrown in the dumpster; and, that the witnesses include officials from the Department of Fisheries & Oceans, Library and Archives Canada, and researchers who depend on these libraries for their work.
I want to move that, Mr. Chairman.
I am concerned. I've heard from some of the officials that this is preposterous and so on. If that's so, let's get the information before us and be clear, because it has caused a lot of concern among people I've talked to. If it's not the case, then let's dampen it down. If it is the case, let's figure out how we can correct it.
That's the basis of my motion.