My concern is that this goes somewhere quiet, behind closed doors, to die. The subcommittee generally acts on consensus. I feel like this is an opportunity for them to kill it behind closed doors.
We just had Mr. Julian, who says he's in favour but spent his time talking about times long before many of us were elected, probably before the last time these powers were used by the House of Commons. I'm a little nervous about that. I'm quite sure that we don't have good faith in dealing with Liberal members on taking this behind closed doors.
This is a mechanism of accountability for two individuals who have twice refused to present themselves when summoned by a parliamentary committee. Twice they have been instructed to appear after having been invited. Then twice they refused a legal summons to appear.
The proposal by Ms. Vignola was very generous. She consulted with all parties. All parties seemed to—