Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd just like to point out that one reason this motion needs to be amended is that there's confusion within the Liberal Party. One of the first things Monsieur LeBlanc said at the very beginning, quite categorically, was that this is not about limits. This is not about local limits and this is not about federal limits. He went on at quite some length, explaining to everybody that this is not about limits.
Monsieur Godin, when he spoke, said this is about limits, actually.
When Monsieur LeBlanc spoke again, a second time, he agreed: it's about limits.
So there's definitely confusion with the original motion. I don't think it's in anybody's best interests to be so limiting and to have such confusion, especially in amongst the opposition ranks.
Mr. Chair, one thing we have always said--we've said this in the House, we've said it outside the House, we're saying it again here in committee--is that our actions with respect to election financing are in accordance with the law. They're in accordance with the spirit of the law, they're in accordance with the letter of the law. That's important. But one key thing we've also said is that they're in accordance with the practices of other parties.
This is a key point. We want to move ahead in a spirit of openness. Let's open the books. Yes, we'll open our books. Let's open the books of the other parties. Let's call witnesses to look at our books and the books of the other parties--in this case, I'm suggesting the Liberal Party--and let's move ahead for Canadians in a spirit of openness.
Mr. Chair, I want to pick up on a point that my colleague Mr. Reid mentioned, which is why would the Liberals not be interested in moving ahead in this fashion? One thing I've noticed--and I'm a new MP, so this is somewhat shocking to me--is that the Liberal Party is steeped in hypocrisy. I've seen this particularly in the last two weeks, actually. I want to pick up on a couple of examples.
The greeting card example came up in question period. The Liberals were very concerned that the Prime Minister had sent greeting cards to Canadians. But we find out that one Liberal MP, an MP who's actually asking the question, who's leading the attack on this--