Thank you, Chair.
I have a great deal of respect for Mr. Sarai, but he essentially concluded his substantive arguments against the motion by saying that he thinks it should be ruled out of order on that basis.
Motions are not ruled out of order by chairs on the basis of their merits. They're ruled out of order by the chairs on the basis of rules. They are perhaps voted for or against by committees on the basis of their merits.
We previously put forward a motion on the Gazprom issue. It was members of the Liberal caucus who filibustered that motion and prevented it from being brought to a vote. We sought to resume consideration on that motion, and we weren't able to do so because of the time. The Liberals and the NDP did not agree to resume consideration on it, despite the fact that we had heard directly from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress that they felt very strongly that we should return to this issue.
As far as the urgency, I have said I believe this motion is urgent. It's notable that the word “urgent” isn't used in the text of the motion itself. Do I think this is an urgent matter? Yes, I do. We are talking about an ongoing war. We're talking about the integrity of the global sanctions regime, and we're talking about the messages that are sent by exceptions to that sanction regime.
Everybody knows it's true that the turbine that was sent on the basis of the exemption is not currently in the pipeline, but that doesn't make the—