Chair, I thought I'd start by reading it and remind everybody where we are. It's a notice of motion:
That the Committee adopt the following procedures for in camera business:
That any motion to sit in camera should be debatable and amendable, and that the Committee may only meet in camera for the following purposes:
To review:
(a) wages, salaries, and other employee benefits;
(b) contracts and contract negotiations;
(c) labour relations and personnel matters;
(d) a draft report;
(e) briefings concerning national security; and
That Minutes of in camera meetings should reflect the results of all votes taken by the Committee while in camera, including how each member votes when a recorded vote is requested.
The only thing I would add, Chair, is that it would be my intention—if I ever got to the point where there was support for this—to add to the last sentence,“that minutes of in camera meetings should reflect the results of all votes taken by the committee while in camera, with the exception of report writing”. As we're going through report writing, and people are moving various clauses and words and ideas in and out, to me that doesn't need to be captured by what I'm putting forward. That's part of the give-and-take of report writing, which is a separate process in and of itself.
That's my motion. If I can, I'll begin giving my rationale for it, Chair.