Mr. Chairman, of course I will be supporting my colleague's amendment. I believe it is clear. I believe it demonstrates collaboration. It finds that common ground, and it's common sense. It acknowledges the work that Mr. McCauley has done raising this issue and important conversations with this committee. This is an important conversation. Canadians have questions, and they want to make sure that we establish the facts.
I do believe we're going to be able to establish some critical facts when the officials come here for two days, with some additional witnesses that Madame Vignola and Mr. Johns have proposed. I think that is a very good start to this conversation. In addition, the fact that the amendment accepts Madame Vignola's suggestion or recommendation that we produce the documents within 10 business days also underscores that we take the urgency of this matter very seriously and that we want to get to the bottom of it, ask some questions and establish some facts on the ground.
This amendment is clear. It is commonsensical and it's collaborative. Again, it demonstrates the urgency of this matter.
At the same time, I just wanted to add that, in terms of moving it from six to two meetings to start, I also consider the fact that there is some important work that we want to get to as a committee. Working on diversity in procurement is a study that we want to get into. It's the same thing with advancing our study on naval procurement, the outsourcing of federal contracts. This is a really good start. It's timely, and we're going to get some answers for Canadians when the officials come to committee.
For that reason, I fully and wholeheartedly support this as a commonsensical, common-ground and collaborative path forward.
Thank you.