I thank my honourable colleague for the clarification. Now I see that there are two committees that don't have equal representation, which further compounds the problem, in my view.
That notwithstanding, it does appear that the steering committee has determined, in its infinite wisdom, that legislation is not a priority for this committee, that they wish to discuss Madam Redman's motion.
With that in mind, I have a motion, Chair. I apologize, because it was rather hastily written and it's handwritten, because it just occurred in the last few moments. But I'd like to read it. It's only in English, not in both official languages. I assume the clerk will be able to get the correct translation. I would like to read it into the record.
I would consider it to be complementary to Madam Redman's motion, although I would suspect that I'm not going to get much agreement on that from members of the opposition. Nonetheless, I will read it into the record:
That, the Standing Committee of Procedure and House Affairs conduct a study of the advertising practices of the Conservative Party of Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada, the New Democratic Party of Canada and the Bloc Québécois during the 2000, 2004 and 2006 federal election campaigns.