I'm going to echo some of the comments made.
The understanding at committee, I believe--correct me if I'm wrong on this, Chair--was that we were talking about having a preliminary report. So it was just an omission in the text. That's a common sense thing to do.
I'd like to add that if we are able to have that interim report, what we're doing is actually adding to and contributing towards this special panel, which I think Canadians want to see. I have to be clear on our party's stand on this. We believe Parliament should be handling this issue. The government has gone ahead and it has decided to do an extra-parliamentary panel. That's fine. That's their choice and they've done it.
Our role and our responsibility and what we're paid to do is to examine issues of significance in foreign affairs. As was mentioned by Mr. Martin, this is it, the issue of Afghanistan.
Having that change, preliminary report or interim report--choose your word--will meet that mark. It will contribute towards what the panel is doing, and I think that's our role. Hopefully there will be some reciprocity in that process. In other words, if we're able, at some date, to incorporate what they've said and what we've heard from them, all the better. I think it's really important that we do have the interim report in December to contribute towards the panel. I think that can be changed by just changing the one word in the motion.