Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Listening to all these things, we have a problem--I think it's been outlined--which is the December 14 date, even for a preliminary report. You know, Mr. Chair, when the reports are made, whether they're preliminary or not, we have very diverse opinions among the parties, so you could have a situation of one not agreeing with the other, and there could be minority report issues, and all these things. It does become a bigger and bigger picture.
At the same time, although there is a government panel out there--the Manley panel is doing this thing that we all want to listen to--we still have other issues, as Gerry pointed out, about the NGOs coming and talking in front of us, about the conference that we're going to attend, and all these things.
I'm not saying that the report is not needed, and parliamentarians don't have the ability and the right to carry on, but if you want to make this thing.... This is cutting it short. This is like running just to meet an artificial deadline without doing proper work. There is the issue of Pakistan, as well as all the other issues, so I agree we need to do a comprehensive report. Technically, I think looking for a preliminary report is running without doing a proper job, so it will be very difficult for us to support.
I'm not talking only about the Manley panel; I'm also talking about others. And, most importantly, it is important that we bring in the NGOs, who have now come out with a collective voice, and listen and do proper justice to the report, if you want to. Ultimately, it's an important issue that the foreign affairs committee will examine. The foreign affairs committee's credibility will come into question, Mr. Chair.