As a committee, we can obviously restart the work that ended in the last Parliament. I think that's what we're getting at here, and Ms. Gaudreau has said that it's in her interest, as well as the interest of Quebeckers and Canadians, to continue this study and to get to the bottom of the root cause of the fraud that was found out. That's what these documents relate to, and that's the study that we are looking to continue.
As a committee, we have the ability to do that. Because of the nature of the documents and the way they were received, as the clerk explained, yes, it's perfectly within our scope to do that. Yes, it means a lot of work for those of us who weren't on the committee before to get up to speed for this, but that's our role as parliamentarians. Sometimes there's a lot of work needed for us to catch up and get on top of things.
I remember this one time on the industry committee when we passed a motion on a Thursday. When we came back on Monday, we—the Conservatives—had worked over the weekend, and we were ready to go with motions and studies. A member from the opposite side was complaining about people working over the weekend. Well, I mean, as parliamentarians, yes, sometimes we have to work over the weekend.
We have a lot of work to do over the summer, and we're fortunate that we have the entire summer to be able to catch up on what this study is. I mean, could you imagine starting on Tuesday next week and having to jump into this? Thankfully, we have all summer to do this work. I'm excited to do this over the summer at home. That way, we begin in the fall with this committee, and I'll be tuned up and ready to roll.
Yes, it's a lot of work, but it's not out of the ordinary.