I'll be quick, Mr. Chair.
I would hope that the Liberal members will stand with Quebeckers and French-speaking Canadians, who take great offence to the situation. It is the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates' responsibility to examine the expenditures, appointment process and overall functioning related to the Governor General's office, and to report to the House of Commons its dissatisfaction with the process that led to the appointment of a Governor General who does not speak one of the country's official languages, French.
As far as I'm concerned, this motion is entirely appropriate, and the House should debate the matter, so that something like this doesn't happen again. Members can't continually defend the bad decisions of a bad Prime Minister, as they are doing right now.