Thank you, Madam Chair.
I agree with my colleagues on this side for many of the reasons they have already articulated. I think there's even a more foundational reason that we need to consider as a committee, and that is that this committee seems to run off in all directions every time a new item hits the news. We have not sat down as a committee and really completed any work that we can report back to Parliament. We have a list in front of us in terms of what the clerk gave us last week as to the ideas we've already agreed to pursue. So here we are running off again in a different direction.
I would like to ask the law clerk if he would have an opinion on whether or not it's customary for committees to delve into things that are before the Ethics Commissioner or even where there are pending lawsuits outstanding.
Do we have any precedent or advice on these kinds of questions?