Madam Chair, we've run around this thing a few times. There's a realization among committee members that although we have this motion before us right now, there seem to be a number of issues, as mentioned by the Bloc member and a few others, that we need to get to the bottom of and resolve for the benefit of taxpayers.
In terms of the real estate plan, we've never come up with a report on that. We've never come up with a report on the payroll issues. We've never come up with a report on the turnover rate in the public service. And we've never come up with a report on the demographic challenges in the public service.
I'd like to move that we table the motion before us today—the amendment and the main motion—with the understanding that we'll come back to it once we have come up with reports on the real estate plan, the payroll plan, the turnover rate in the public service, and the demographic challenges in the public service.
Madam Chair, unless we do this, it seems we'll never have the attention of the committee redirected to these issues that we've spent so much time on. I don't know how else to ensure this committee actually comes forward with something of value.
I have no problem talking to anyone before this committee. I really don't. But I think that we as a committee have got off track in terms of so many of the things we were doing that were good work and of value to the taxpayer.
I'd like to move my motion that we deal with these things before we go on wild goose chases.