Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To rebut what's being said, that the government doesn't want to be transparent, they're filibustering, we're not, so that's just false.
We have added two amendments.
One amendment is the word “direct” that comes after “concerning the”, and that says now, “concerning the direct purchase”. That points back to the statement that I made that it is my belief, based on the research I've done, that the Government of Canada has never directly created a purchase order for a purchase, acquisition or transfer of the said “safe supply”. That's why we are adding the word “direct”.
Then we are also adding the words “excluding all documents involving a third party”. Really, what we're trying to say is that doctors and pharmacists are considered third parties. We as a government don't want to be party to any types of privacy issues.
Those are the two amendments. We are we are very comfortable with that, and we're ready to move to vote.
There's no filibustering on our end. Our commitment is to transparency. If this is going to yield the result that we are hoping for, let's move forward with it.