Thank you, Chair.
I have just a couple of comments about this. In particular, we've seen the motion before. That's certainly not a surprise. But what is somewhat of a surprise is the last line, which says “take priority over the other work of the Committee”. My understanding, Chair, is that we had an agreement among all members of this committee that if legislation came forward, it would take priority over the work of the committee.
I see that what I thought was a pretty firm agreement has now been tossed out, which I think, number one, speaks to the fact that I think there's inequity on the steering committee, to begin with. We've had that discussion before, and I know we were outvoted. The inequity is that the Conservative Party does not have a vote on that committee, since our chair is on the committee, and although he's a member of the Conservative Party, he does not have a vote on the steering committee. Quite frankly, I think it's one of the only steering committees around, of any committee, that has only opposition members in a position to vote.
That aside, I must say that I do disagree with—