Mr. Chair, I put a notice of motion before the committee. I had anticipated it would not be possible to move it, because I actually thought we would be seized entirely with the matter of privilege and did not want to intrude upon that, given its priority.
I did speak to Mr. Chan and indicated I wouldn't be moving it with that presupposition in mind. However, just to repeat what that motion is, it is to invite the government House leader to appear before the committee. I cannot remember if the wording says this, but my hope would be that she would come before this committee prior to her acting upon the intention she indicated in the letter she put out this previous Sunday, in which she said she would act by means of a government motion to essentially draft standing order changes on, I think, five topics. I won't enumerate them here, but the Prime Minister's questions on Wednesday is just one of those items.
I should just explain. I could move the motion, but not if it's going to tie us up unduly. The purpose of the motion is simply this. The minister has stressed her interest in having what she characterizes as a dialogue or a discussion. Discussion is, I think, the term she uses. Of course, a government motion makes that very difficult. In practice, it is not easy to amend a motion of that nature when it's being debated in the House, which is one of the reasons that these things ought to preferably be dealt with in committee.
Should I stop?