Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Again, I hear what the discussion around the table is. I really do appreciate what Madame Vignola stated about the fact that we have a responsibility here as members of Parliament. We have a serious responsibility to make sure that we're not going after Canadians, citizens, no matter their relationships, whether with members of Parliament or others.
We have a serious, significant obligation to make sure we're not going after someone just because of their name or because of their relationship. There has to be some basis for looking into this information.
I'm just asking my colleague Mr. McCauley to be forthright, to say why we are looking into this information in the first place. Clearly, this is outside of the bounds of any conflict of interest; the relationship is too distant. That's been made clear by the ruling of the Integrity Commissioner in his exhaustive report, after months of the Prime Minister's family—his mom, his brother and other family members—being dragged through the mud. The Integrity Commissioner's report was quite clear.
I'm trying to understand even a sliver of information. I'd like Mr. McCauley to just be completely forthright and clear. What is the intended purpose here? What is he expecting to find? What is the suspicion here? There has to be some basis for the actions of this committee. We have a limited amount of resources here. We have a limited amount of time. We have a limited amount of resources in terms of meetings, discussions and deliberations. We have to be careful how we utilize those resources.
I'm just asking Mr. McCauley to be forthright and put on the table what his motivation is here.